[darcs-users] darcs weekly news #98

Thu Jul 12 16:03:03 UTC 2012

# News and discussions

1.  News from Aditya's Summer of Code work on patch index:

    -   <http://bsrkaditya.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/gsoc-patch-index-week-2.html>
    -   <http://bsrkaditya.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/gsoc-patch-index-week-3-4.html>
    -   <http://bsrkaditya.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/gsoc-patch-index-week-5.html>
    -   <http://bsrkaditya.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/gsoc-patch-index-week-6.html>
    -   <http://bsrkaditya.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/gsoc-patch-index-week-7.html>

2.  We are now using the wiki as the home page. Be sure to visit it and give
    us feedback:

    -   <http://darcs.net>

3.  Eric Kow documented the workflow of having a group of users working with
    the same repository:

    -   <http://lists.osuosl.org/pipermail/darcs-users/2012-June/026523.html>
    -   <http://darcs.net/Using/GroupRepo>

# Issues resolved in the last week (3)

issue2193 Guillaume Hoffmann
  ~ -   make that finalizeTentativeChanges no longer run tests
    -   http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2193

issue2198 Guillaume Hoffmann
  ~ -   move repo testing code to Darcs.Repository.Test
    -   http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2198

issue2200 Owen Stephens
  ~ -   darcs replace complains if no filepaths given
    -   http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2200

# Patches applied in the last week (70)

2012-07-04 Guillaume Hoffmann
  ~ -   update help strings of --hashed and --darcs-2
    -   move functions from Darcs.Utils to Repository and UI modules

2012-07-10 Owen Stephens
  ~ -   Fix an implementation style wart in Replace, from fix for issue2125.

2012-07-09 Guillaume Hoffmann
  ~ -   update darcs wiki repository url

2012-06-27 Owen Stephens
  ~ -   Remove reference to old patch-name flag in amend help

2012-07-02 Guillaume Hoffmann
  ~ -   delete remaining tests for rollback --record, fix pull.sh
    -   remove rollback --record functionality
    -   use nubSort function from data-ordlist instead of own

2012-07-01 Eric Kow
  ~ -   Simplify issue2200 test (Fails on Mac otherwise)

2012-06-21 Guillaume Hoffmann
  ~ -   move Darcs.Witnesses to Darcs.Patch.Witnesses
    -   remove redundant hashed_inventory creation during get
    -   move Darcs.Flags to Darcs.UI.Flags
    -   remove Darcs.Flags import from all Darcs.Repository* modules
    -   remove Darcs.Flags import from Darcs.Repository.State
    -   remove Darcs.Flags import from Darcs.Repository.Motd
    -   remove Darcs.Flags import from Darcs.Repository.Prefs
    -   remove Darcs.Flags import from Darcs.Repository.Format
    -   remove Darcs.Flags import from Darcs.Repository.Test
    -   remove DarcsFlag from Repository datatype, use
Darcs.Repository.Flags more
    -   introduce Darcs.Repository.Flags and start using it
    -   remove Darcs.Patch.Match dependency on Darcs.Flag
    -   explicit imports for Darcs.Patch.Match
    -   fix compilation on non-windows oses after Patchy change

2012-05-17 Ganesh Sittampalam
  ~ -   Darcs.Patch.Invert: missing newline at end of file
    -   make Patchy smaller
    -   use RepoPatch instead of Patchy constraint for matchers
    -   relax type signature
    -   add merge combinators
    -   add utility function for changing type of a ListFormat
    -   add commutation combinators for Named
    -   drop unnecessary superclasses and move Invert FL/RL instances
    -   break CommuteFn infrastructure out into separate module
    -   add helper class for debugging patches
    -   drop MyEq superclass from Patchy
    -   get rid of joinPatches
    -   drop some unnecessary Patchy constraints

2012-05-31 Guillaume Hoffmann
  ~ -   finer-grained import for Darcs.Repository.Match
    -   move Darcs.ProgressPatches to Darcs.Patch.Progress
    -   move MonadProgress into Darcs.Patch

2012-05-31 Ganesh Sittampalam
  ~ -   move formatText out from GZCRCs into Utils

2012-05-31 Guillaume Hoffmann
  ~ -   move Compat and Diff to Repository, start taking apart Darcs.Utils

2012-06-08 Alejandro Gadea
  ~ -   Hlint suggestion.

2012-05-30 Ganesh Sittampalam
  ~ -   fix build on Windows
    -   accept issue2199: darcs get --tag gets too much
    -   fix warning that was showing up on Windows

2012-05-26 Eric Kow
  ~ -   Eric no longer at University of Brighton.

2012-05-16 Ganesh Sittampalam
  ~ -   add comment about a dubious looking bit of code

2012-05-29 Guillaume Hoffmann
  ~ -   move Email External PrintPatch and SelectChange into UI
    -   move function getTermNColors from D.External to D.ColorPrinter
    -   move RemoteApply to UI
    -   split Match in Repository-specific and Patch-specific modules
    -   move Resolution into Repository
    -   introduce and populate the UI module, move Annotate into Patch
    -   rm Darcs.Patch.MatchData making patterns simply String, style Arguments
    -   move function showFriendly from Darcs.Arguments to Darcs.PrintPatch
    -   make that no repository-related modules depend on Darcs.Arguments
    -   move malicious path test functions from Darcs.CommandAux to Darcs.Path
    -   split External into Repository-specific and unspecific modules
    -   move Lock into Repository, merge IO into Repository.ApplyPatches
    -   move pending-patch-writing writePatch to Darcs.Repository.LowLevel
    -   move command-helping functions from Darcs.Arguments to Darcs.Commands
    -   introduce Darcs.Path to centralize path handling
    -   resolve issue2198 move repo testing code to Darcs.Repository.Test

2012-05-18 matt at mattcox.ca
  ~ -   Adapt to tar 0.4.0.0 API changes

2012-05-26 Guillaume Hoffmann
  ~ -   resolve issue2193 make that finalizeTentativeChanges no longer run tests
    -   tests for issues 1845 1266 1932 2066 now passing

2012-05-30 Owen Stephens
  ~ -   enable 8bit escaping in issue1739 test

2012-05-14 Guillaume Hoffmann
  ~ -   TAG 2.9.2

2012-05-30 Owen Stephens
  ~ -   resolve issue2200: darcs replace complains if no filepaths given
    -   Fix failing test due to modified replace behaviour