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'''Hackage''' is the Haskell community's central package archive. Package authors use it to publish their libraries and programs while other Haskell programmers use tools like [[cabal-install]] to download and install packages (or people get the packages via their distro).
'''Hackage''' is a community development project consisting of a number of components related to packaging Haskell software:
 
   
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== Links ==
* [[Cabal]]
 
* [https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-setup cabal-setup]
 
* [https://hackage.haskell.org/ HackageDB]
 
* [[cabal-install]]
 
* [https://hackage.haskell.org/packages/search?terms=cabal Other cabal related packages]
 
   
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* The main [https://hackage.haskell.org/ web interface]. It also has [https://hackage.haskell.org/api interfaces] used by tools like [[cabal-install]].
Information on Hackage can be found on the [https://github.com/haskell/hackage-server/wiki Hackage wiki].
 
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* Hackage works with Haskell packages in the [[Cabal]] format.
A simple [http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/hackage.html web interface] to HackageDB is available.
 
 
* [http://status.haskell.org/ Server status]
There is also a daily updated [[BibTeX]] database for [http://code.haskell.org/~thielema/bibtex/hackage.bib.gz citing] packages. Submit issues at [https://github.com/haskell/hackage-server/issues the repository site].
 
 
* [https://github.com/haskell/hackage-server/wiki Hackage server wiki], about the code that runs the server.
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== Getting help ==
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* For issues with accounts or permissions please contact the administrators by email [mailto:admin@hackage.haskell.org admin@hackage.haskell.org]
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* Submit bug reports in [https://github.com/haskell/hackage-server/issues the github issue tracker].
 
* New ideas are best submitted at the [https://github.com/haskell/hackage-server/issues?labels=enhancement&page=1&state=open project page].
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* There is a #hackage IRC channel on freenode for the discussion of the development of the hackage server and related tools such as Cabal/cabal-install.
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== Administration and policies ==
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* [[Taking over a package]] on Hackage, with the assistance of the existing maintainer or otherwise
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* [[Hackage trustees]]: what they do, who they are, what guidelines they follow.
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== Related resources ==
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* There is a daily updated [[BibTeX]] database for [http://code.haskell.org/~thielema/bibtex/hackage.bib.gz citing] packages.
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== Blog posts ==
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* [http://fuuzetsu.co.uk/blog/posts/2014-01-06-Fix-your-Hackage-documentation.html Fix your Hackage documentation]
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* [http://fuuzetsu.co.uk/blog/posts/2014-01-06-Hackage-documentation-v2.html Hackage documentation v2]
   
New ideas are best submitted at the [https://github.com/haskell/hackage-server/issues?labels=enhancement&page=1&state=open project page].
 
   
   

Revision as of 01:16, 12 February 2015

Hackage is the Haskell community's central package archive. Package authors use it to publish their libraries and programs while other Haskell programmers use tools like cabal-install to download and install packages (or people get the packages via their distro).

Links

Getting help

  • For issues with accounts or permissions please contact the administrators by email admin@hackage.haskell.org
  • Submit bug reports in the github issue tracker.
  • New ideas are best submitted at the project page.
  • There is a #hackage IRC channel on freenode for the discussion of the development of the hackage server and related tools such as Cabal/cabal-install.

Administration and policies

Related resources

  • There is a daily updated BibTeX database for citing packages.

Blog posts