On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Gregory Crosswhite <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gcrosswhite@gmail.com">gcrosswhite@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div>I have uploaded a number of small packages to Hackage that I no longer actively use so that I don't find out immediately when a new version of GHC has broken them. Since Hackage is going to the trouble of finding out when a package no longer builds anyway, could it have a feature where when a working package breaks with a new version of GHC the author is automatically e-mailed? This would make me (and probably others) a lot more likely to notice and proactively fix broken packages. (Heck, I wouldn't even necessarily mind being nagged about it from time to time. :-) )</div>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If done well I think this is a good idea. Currently I have my buildbot email me whenever a package breaks (although the bot doesn't automatically install new GHCs).</div><div>
<br></div><div>-- Johan</div><div> </div></div>