Am Sonntag 11 April 2010 18:43:30 schrieb Maciej Piechotka: > > * Build reporting in the hackage server > > The idea here is that cabal sends back anonymous reports to > > the server to say if a package compiled or not, and against what > > versions of dependencies. This would make it clearer to maintainers if > > their dependency versions are correct. Additionally I think it would > > be useful for hackage to provide tweaked .cabal files for packages > > with updated constraints, even without new version uploads. > > We are proposing a GSoC project which would cover some of > > this. > > Hmm. I guess there are 2 problems: > > - Privacy problem. I don't want the software to call home with data > without asking.
I think in the default cabal config, build-reporting would be turned off and you'd have to turn it on yourself. Turning it on by default wouldn't be sensible. > - Spoofing problem. Someone can feed wrong data easily without chance > of being discovered (for example to prove how grate 'haxor' he is). > > > Regards _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
