[glasgow-haskell-users] Searchpath vs. Cabalfind (was: installing a Cabal package non-exposed)

[S. Alexander Jacobson]

Oops.  I just fixed the docs.  The URL I am using is 
http://searchpath.org/default.map

I intend to get an SSL cert for this but have not done so yet.

-Alex-

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Dimitry Golubovsky wrote:

> Alex,
>
> S. Alexander Jacobson wrote:
>
>> Searchpath allows you easily to give each application its own
>> namespace and automates import chasing accross the internet.  It is a
>> work in progress and is definitely less refined than cabal, but if you
>> are having this sort of issue you might want to try it out.  See
>> http://searchpath.org
>
> Looks very interesting. However I couldn't get anything like
> "https://hackage.org/modules.map" in a browser (nor with http: nor
> from www.hackage.org): it says "unknown host".
>
> I am just curious: instead of querying a centralized database, have
> you tried any way to get modules' locations from search engines?
>
> I wish I could see what "modules.map" looks like, then I could see
> better whether what Cabalfind gets from Google could be an
> alternative?
>
> Not that I am pushing for Cabalfind in any way; just curious.
>
> -- 
> Dimitry Golubovsky
>
> Anywhere on the Web
>

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