Helping out

Simon (Vsevolod) Ilyushchenko simonf at simonf.com
Sun Aug 12 19:10:42 EDT 2007


Got it, thanks.

Is there a time when I can hang out on #haskell (or other channel) to
get some questions answered? For example, when trying to install cabal
itself, running

ghc -v --make Setup.lhs -o setup
currently fails for me with:

Could not find module `System.FilePath':
  locations searched:
    System/FilePath.hs
    System/FilePath.lhs
  (imported from ./Distribution/Simple.hs)

I'm running ghc 6.4.2 - I've found some hints that I should use 6.6.1,
but I'm not quite sure of it.

Thanks,
Simon

On 8/12/07, Duncan Coutts <duncan.coutts at worc.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-08-12 at 20:09 +0100, Simon (Vsevolod) Ilyushchenko wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm just starting learning Haskell (went through a couple of tutorials
> > and wrote simple examples), and I'm looking for a project to help out
> > with. I've been pointed at recent Duncan's request for help - let me
> > know what problems (simple for now) I can work on (Easy Tickets?).
>
> Our big list of tickets is here:
> (defects grouped by priority)
>
> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&group=priority&type=defect&order=priority
>
>
> We're coming up to a release and one thing we'll need to do is make sure
> all the commands and flags are fully documented in the user guide. This
> would involve modifying the doc/Cabal.xml docbook file:
>
> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/109
>
>
> Making sure cabal-install compiles with the latest version of Cabal is a
> priority and should be fairly easy, there have been some api changes.
> Then it's a matter of testing and seeing what still needs improving.
>
> darcs get --partial http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal
> darcs get --partial http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal-install
>
> Duncan
>
>


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