Yup, that's totally reasonable. After a bit of prodding[1] I think I convinced him to put the current version of aura up on Hackage. Once that happens I'll see about getting it added to the cblrepo db in habs.
Thanks, Rich [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/aura/ On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 3:42 AM, Magnus Therning <mag...@therning.org> wrote: > On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Richard Wallace > <rwall...@thewallacepack.net> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'd like to get aura[1] added to habs. I didn't realize when I started > that > > it isn't up on Hackage yet. I did some experimenting trying to get it > added > > to habs, but it looks like there isn't really a way to add it to the > > cblrepo.db since it isn't on Hackage. > > > > It looks like the only way to get aura added is to create a static > directory > > with the PKGBUILD. Would this be an acceptable approach or should I push > > the maintainer to get aura added to Hackage instead (he said that he will > > add version 2.0 to Hackage, but I can try and push to get the current > > version up on Hackage)? > > There is currently no way to add a package that isn't on Hackage. > This is fairly deeply rooted in `cblrepo` but I have started taking a > few steps in the direction where it'd be possible to have more than > one Hackage the idea was to make it possible to use something like > yackage[1]. Yackage has been deprecated, but on the other hand > hackage itself is available via hackage :) > > The maintenance burden is too high for me to keep any package > statically in habs: > > 1. Updates are not found automatically > 2. PKGBUILDs can't be generated automatically (IIRC) > > Hackage is the way forward! > > /M > > [1]: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/yackage > > -- > Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 > email: mag...@therning.org jabber: mag...@therning.org > twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus >
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