Can you explain why you could not use the parsec name, with revision number (say) 2.2?
This would help improve hackage/cabal/... versioning mechanism. Thanks, JP. On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Antoine Latter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to announce the parsec2 package, which is a maintained > fork of the parsec library as of version 2.1.0.1. > > This project is for folks who would like to use the simpler interface > and fewer extensions relative to parsec-3.0+, but don't want to rely > on an old version of a package on hackage. > > Parsec is designed from scratch as an industrial-strength parser > library. It is simple, safe, well documented (on the package > homepage), has extensive libraries and good error messages, and is > also fast. > > Changes relative to parsec-2.1.0.1: > > * Added haddocks done for parsec-3 > > * in Parsec.Token, sort names after accounting for case sensitivity, > not before > from: Greg Fitzgerald > > When I say that I'm maintaining the parsec2 package, that means I am > accepting bugfix patches and doing work to ensure that the package > builds on the current version of GHC. Patches are welcome to support > building on any other Haskell implementations. Any inovations in the > field of parser combinators will be happening in other venues. > Documentation patches are also welcome. > > I'm not quite sure what to do about the fact that both parsec2 and > mainline parsec provide modules of the same name. If there's motion > towards using the parsec2 package, we might be able to deprecate and > then retire the compatibility layer provided by parsec-3.*. > > Links: > > On Hackage: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/parsec2-1.0.0 > Source repository: darcs get http://code.haskell.org/parsec2/parsec2 > Report a bug: http://trac.haskell.org/parsec2/newticket > > Antoine > _______________________________________________ > Haskell mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
