[Haskell-cafe] ANN: hledger-1.10

[Simon Michael]

FYI,  there were errors in both the hledger-install.sh script and in the stack install instructions on the download page. I believe all are now fixed.


> On Jun 30, 2018, at 10:33 PM, Simon Michael <simon at joyful.com> wrote:
> 
> hledger (http://hledger.org) is a friendly, robust, cross-platform
> program for tracking money, time or other commodities, using
> double-entry accounting, simple plain text file formats, and
> command-line, curses or web UIs.
> 
> I'm very pleased to announce hledger 1.10, including work by release
> contributors:
> 
> Alex Chen,
> Everett Hildenbrandt,
> Jakub Zárybnický,
> Nolan Darilek,
> Dmitry Astapov,
> Jacob Weisz,
> Peter Simons,
> Stephen Morgan,
> Pavlo Kerestey,
> Trevor Riles,
> Léo Gaspard,
> Mykola Orliuk,
> Wad,
> Nana Amfo.
> 
> You'll note this is not 2.0 as previously planned - we will spend a
> bit more time on that.  The next major release is expected to be on
> 2018/09/30.
> 
> Please see http://hledger.org/release-notes#hledger-1.10 for the changes 
> (as soon as I can get to those; until then, the package changelogs):
> 
> http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-1.10/changelog
> http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-ui-1.10/changelog
> http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-web-1.10/changelog
> http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-api-1.10/changelog
> http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hledger-lib-1.10/changelog
> 
> 
> 
> How to get started:
> -------------------
> 
> See http://hledger.org/download for all install methods.
> 
> One of the easiest is the hledger-install script, which requires only
> bash and will build and install the hledger tools in $HOME/.local/bin/:
> 
> $ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simonmichael/hledger/master/hledger-install/hledger-install.sh
> $ less hledger-install.sh # (do security review)
> $ bash hledger-install.sh # (add -v for more detail; use bash -x to show commands being run)
> 
> or (insecure):
> 
> $ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simonmichael/hledger/master/hledger-install/hledger-install.sh | bash
> 
> After installation, ensure $HOME/.local/bin is in your $PATH, and try some commands:
> 
> $ hledger -h            # quick help
> $ hledger help          # list built-in manuals
> $ hledger add           # record some transactions
> $ hledger               # list available commands
> 
> Next, I encourage you to at least skim the tutorials and docs at
> http://hledger.org.
> 
> Say hello and ask questions in the #hledger IRC channel on Freenode:
> http://irc.hledger.org.
> 
> New users and contributors are always welcome! Give feedback, report
> bugs, send pull requests, write, evangelise, donate.
> 
> 
> Best!
> -Simon
>