[Haskell-cafe] hackage update brigade (was Re: ANNOUNCE: new bridge! (prelude-prime))

[Clark Gaebel]

I'd be down for helping update packages when the time comes.
On May 27, 2013 12:08 PM, "Evan Laforge" <qdunkan at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Yes, it would break code.  Probably a lot of code.
>
> So of course I volunteer to fix my code, but that's not much help,
> since it's a small minority of the code on hackage.  So that made me
> think, maybe we should organize a kind of hackage community service
> brigade, which, when the time is right, would spring into action.
> They would download sections of hackage, update the code, and send
> patches to the maintainers.  Then they'd keep track of which packages
> actually applied the patch, and that could go on an "update status"
> page.
>
> I'd sign up for that.
>
> Of course, package maintainers might prefer to do the change
> themselves, or more likely may be incommunicado.  But the presence of
> a small army of organized volunteers waiting to update code might
> reduce friction to make necessary changes, and would take the weight
> off the shoulders of the few who wind up doing it anyway when a new
> ghc comes out.
>
> If people think this is a good idea, I volunteer to do the setup.  I
> guess this means a short doc describing the process, and then a place
> where volunteers can sign up, and then keep the volunteer list up to
> date.
>
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