[Haskell-cafe] Re: Cabal dependency hell

[Heinrich Apfelmus]

Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote:
> Heinrich Apfelmus writes:
>> Perhaps exactly when the user is prompted?
>>
>> "Would you like to send an anonymous report of this build failure to
>> hackage.org? Users have been uploading 189 reports so far; yours would
>> be the 190th report that ensures high quality Haskell packages! [y/n]"
> 
> Which, in its own way, means that cabal-install is still phoning home;
> you then even need network access if you're building packages that
> you've already downloaded the sources for.

Good point. How about using a cached number from the last  cabal install
, then:

"Would you like to send an anonymous report of this build failure to
hackage.org? Users have been uploading more than 188 reports so far to
help ensure high quality Haskell packages! [y/n]"

It's just to instill a sense of activity and purpose.


Regards,
Heinrich Apfelmus

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