Hints on fixing #2645: Properly merge preferences (dependency resolution)

Martin Vlk martin at vlkk.cz
Sat Nov 28 09:59:32 UTC 2015


Oh, and a primer on the overall cabal design would be also very useful!

M.

Martin Vlk:
> Hi folks,
> I am a beginner cabal hacker and I have been picking issues to fix,
> labeled with "easy".
> 
> My next one is https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/2645.
> 
> I've been trying to read and feel my way through the code and find where
> this issue is rooted, but so far I haven't succeeded.
> 
> To save me unnecessary effort, could somebody point me at the right
> modules/functions where soft constraints/preferences are handled and
> also where the corresponding merging functionality is implemented for
> hard constraints.
> 
> I'll then take it from there, read the code and fix the issue,
> potentially asking more questions here.
> 
> Many Thanks
> Martin
> 


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