[Haskelldb-users] Haskelldb problems: website and current Hackage release

[Gwern B. <gw...@gm...>]

I think a new release of HaskellDB needs to be made. The current
version on Hackage is just too old:


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> gwern@localhost:1039~/hswebforms>cabal install haskelldb > > [
2:02AM] >
 > 'haskelldb-0.10' is cached. >
 > [1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( Setup.hs, dist/setup/Main.o ) >
 > Linking dist/setup/setup ... >
 > Configuring haskelldb-0.10... >
 > Warning: No 'build-type' specified. If possible use 'build-type: Simple'. >
 > Preprocessing library haskelldb-0.10... >
 > Building haskelldb-0.10... >
 > >
 > src/Database/HaskellDB.hs:87:7: >
 > Could not find module `Text.PrettyPrint.HughesPJ': >
 > it is a member of package pretty-1.0.0.0, which is hidden >
 > cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: >
 > haskelldb-0.10 failed during the building phase. >
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 The latest release on Hackage is not even updated for the split-base
of GHC 6.8.x.

 Since the Darcs repository worked fine, I think a sdist tarball needs
to be made and uploaded.

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 Another issue is that <http://haskelldb.sourceforge.net/> says:

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> You can also try asking HaskellDB questions in the Haskell IRC
channel, > > #haskelldb at freenode.net.
              >
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 #haskelldb was wholly unpopulated when I joined. So this line should
be removed.

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