News and discussions

1. darcs 2.3.0 is now available. More information in the announcement:

   • http://web.mornfall.net/blog/darcs_2.3.0.html
   • http://www.darcs.net/releases/darcs-2.3.0.tar.gz
   • http://wiki.darcs.net/Binaries

2. Petr Rockai posted two new entries about his Summer of Code work on

   “Fast darcs”:

* http://web.mornfall.net/blog/soc_progress_9.html ~ - http://web.mornfall.net/blog/soc_progress_10.html

3. Max Battcher proposed a way to easily implement in-repo local branches ~ a la git or mercurial:

• http://lists.osuosl.org/pipermail/darcs-users/2009-July/020565.html

Issues resolved in the last week (0)

Patches applied in the last week (38)

2009-07-30 Petr Rockai

• Update hpc.README to use Cabal.
• Add a flag for enabling HPC for the darcs library.
• Combine the HPC tix files after each test in ShellHarness.
• Require haskell zlib, dropping the legacy internal zlib binding.

2009-07-23 Eric Kow

• Fix link to autoconf tarball.
• Update web page for 2.3.0 release.
• Resolve conflict between autoconf removal and version number updates.
• Makefile: fix dependency on no longer existing distclean target.
• Make utf8-string mandatory.
• Remove UTF8 module completely.

2009-07-20 Petr Rockai

• Add support for skipping tests (exit 200).
• Remove the –checkpoint option from the UI.
• Remove the support for writing out new checkpoints.

2009-07-21 Eric Kow

• Remove unused determine_release_state.pl.
• Remove ununsed test/shell_harness.hs.

2009-07-17 Petr Rockai

• Remove autoconf support and cut GNUmakefile to only build manual and tags.
• Slightly refactor the run function in ShellHarness.
• Slightly refactor test machinery in Setup.lhs.
• Use tee in pending_has_conflicts.sh for easier debugging.
• Roll back the getSymbolicLinkStatus workaround, since it constitutes a fd leak.

2009-07-16 Eric Kow

• Note darcs 2.3 pre-release and darcs 2.2 stable versions in website.
• Remove website automation from Makefile.
• Rename index.html.in to index.html, forgoing website automation.
• Remove bytestring flag from darcs.cabal.

2009-06-29 Reinier Lamers

• Move email unit tests to Darcs.Test module space
• Teach cabal about new Darcs.Test modules
• Move unit tests to Darcs.Test module space
• Bound size of trees generated in Darcs.Patch.QuickCheck
• Add some comments in Darcs.Patch.QuickCheck

2009-06-21 Petr Rockai

• Avoid getSymbolicLinkStatus in mmap implementation, works around GHC 6.8.2 bug.
• TAG 2.3.0
• Ship the NEWS file in cabal tarballs as well.
• Update NEWS.
• Update autoconf release data to 2.3.0.
• Bump version to 2.3.0.
• TAG 2.2.99.1
• Bump autoconf version to 2.3.0rc1 and hardcode release state.
• Bump version to 2.2.99.1.