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

[Bjorn B. <bj...@br...>]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Gwern Branwen <gw...@gm...> wrote:
 > I think a new release of HaskellDB needs to be made. The current
 >  version on Hackage is just too old:
 >
 >
 >   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 >  > 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. >
 >  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 >
 >   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.

 Yes, this is a good idea. Does anyone have anything ready to go in a
 new release that they haven't pushed yet? Does the current darcs
 version build and work ok enough for the current users?



 >   Another issue is that <http://haskelldb.sourceforge.net/> says:
 >
 >   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 >  > You can also try asking HaskellDB questions in the Haskell IRC
 >  channel, > > #haskelldb at freenode.net.
 >               >
 >  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 >
 >   #haskelldb was wholly unpopulated when I joined. So this line should
 >  be removed.

 Yes, thanks for pointing that out. I'll dig up my SourceForge
 credentials and try to fix that.



 I'm traveling at the moment, so I may take a while to respond to e-mail.

 /Björn