Patch 1505: improve error message when library ends ... (and 1 more) - Darcs bug tracker

Title	improve error message when library ends ... (and 1 more)
Superseder		Nosy List	ganesh
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Status	accepted	Assigned To
Milestone	2.12.0

Created on 2016-09-01.22:51:14 by ganesh, last changed 2016-09-02.13:12:12 by gh.

Files
File name	Status	Uploaded	Type	Edit	Remove
improve-error-message-when-library-ends-up-unbuildable.dpatch		ganesh, 2016-09-01.22:51:14	application/x-darcs-patch
patch-preview.txt		ganesh, 2016-09-01.22:51:13	text/x-darcs-patch
unnamed		ganesh, 2016-09-01.22:51:14	text/plain

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Messages
msg19249 (view)	Author: ganesh	Date: 2016-09-01.22:51:14
These patches should apply cleanly to branch 2.12 2 patches for repository darcs-unstable@darcs.net:screened: patch eac25c80650f2f9652811d1ffc1490a0b3e4cef2 Author: Ganesh Sittampalam <ganesh@earth.li> Date: Wed Aug 31 06:44:08 BST 2016 * improve error message when library ends up unbuildable This has happened to several users recently (issue2498) patch c0439f3febf6594426189cd7173944e5ad15d2b6 Author: Ganesh Sittampalam <ganesh@earth.li> Date: Thu Sep 1 23:52:22 BST 2016 * resolve issue2498: unconditionally use the Haskell HTTP package The buildable: False line in the library section was causing problems with GHC 8.0 (https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/3742), and in reality there's no value in being able to turn HTTP off. Attachments improve-error-message-when-library-ends-up-unbuildable.dpatch patch-preview.txt unnamed
msg19253 (view)	Author: gh	Date: 2016-09-02.13:12:12
Always using the HTTP library convinces me as a good solution. Accepted.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2016-09-01 22:51:14	ganesh	create
2016-09-01 22:53:46	ganesh	set	status: needs-screening -> needs-review milestone: 2.12.0
2016-09-02 13:12:12	gh	set	status: needs-review -> accepted messages: + msg19253