Ian Lynagh wrote:
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 09:45:54AM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote:
I think the API for hooks is in need of an overhaul.
I agree.
4. tools that build on Cabal (e.g. cabal-rpm) don't work with hooks.
If your Setup.hs uses hooks to modify the PackageDescrption, then
cabal-rpm
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 08:47:08AM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote:
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> So we agree in principle that removing all the pre/post hooks from
> UserHooks and providing thenHook/thenHooks would be an improvement?
I agree, certainly.
Thanks
Ian
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On May 3, 2007, at 10:24 , Ross Paterson wrote:
[for some reason I don't seem to be able to get this to the
libraries list, so I'm sending it to cabal-devel]
I propose to change the directory layout of the HackageDB data, by
putting
each version in a separate directory (to simplify future ex
Hia Ross, Bjorn,
Pepe Iborra and I were hacking on cabal-install today. I hope you like
our patches :-). Pepe updated it to use filepath so it'd work on windows
and I fiddled with locations of config and things to try and make
installation simpler so it'll work "out of the box".
I was also trying
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 09:45:28PM +0100, Duncan Coutts wrote:
> What do we need to do next? Should we invite a little bit of wider
> testing on cabal-install + hackage and get some user feedback. If that's
> good we should actively advertise and push it.
I think slowly building the user base amon
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Dear Cabal Developers,
First, thanks for the excellent work so far.
Second, I thought I'd report a frustrating experience I had on my first
attempt to package a library.
I'm currently extracting a Cairo binding from Gtk2hs because I want to
use Cairo on a server that doesn't have X or GTK readil
