Re: Darcs News #114

I forgot to credit Gian Piero Carrubba for his recent work on
improving (sub)commands autocompletion!
Thanks Gian!

2017-07-25 16:31 GMT-03:00 Guillaume Hoffmann <[email protected]>:
> # News and discussions
>
> 1.  Since the first release of Darcs 2.12, we released a few minor versions,
>     the latest being 2.12.5 on January:
>
>     -   <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/darcs-2.12.5/changelog>
>
> 2.  Ben Franksen performed some refactorings about Darcs (zsh) autocompletion:
>
>     -   <https://hub.darcs.net/darcs/darcs-reviewed/patch/4800ed861b90e94d6963ba9079725d7e6cdddeda>
>     -   <https://hub.darcs.net/darcs/darcs-reviewed/patch/4ddee01dac242abaed1d532c94f9a105bec7f272>
>     -   <https://hub.darcs.net/darcs/darcs-reviewed/patch/ad82b9f4b110df2924e1fa1fb6074c48a2cf6234>
>
> 2.  As for Darcsden, the backend of <http://hub.darcs.net>, progress has been
>     made on modernizing the ssh server used by it:
>
>     -   <https://hub.darcs.net/ganesh/ssh/issue/5>
>     -   <https://hub.darcs.net/simon/darcsden>
>
> # Issues resolved (7)
>
> issue2138 Guillaume Hoffmann
>   ~ -   report conflicting files in whatsnew -s
>     -   <http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2138>
>
> issue2496 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   improve output of darcs whatsnew with file arguments
>     -   <http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2496>
>
> issue2498 Ganesh Sittampalam
>   ~ -   unconditionally use the Haskell HTTP package
>     -   <http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2498>
>
> issue2504 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   skip ssh tests that require password input
>     -   <http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2504>
>
> issue2512 Stephan-A. Posselt
>   ~ -   author name is written to repository after multiple-choice prompt
>     -   <http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2512>
>
> issue2516 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   joining (possible) URL path elements should not use `</>` from
> System.FilePath
>     -   <http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2516>
>
> issue2526 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   actually consider boring option in D.UI.Flags.diffingOpts
>     -   <http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2526>
>
>
> # Patches applied (196)
>
> 2017-04-20 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   whatsnew: fixed wrong use of term hunk in help texts and comments
>     -   fixed haddocks for FreeRight
>     -   harness: honor failing- prefix for network tests just as for shell tests
>
> 2017-04-14 Ganesh Sittampalam
>   ~ -   remove some impredicativity in the test harness
>
> 2017-04-01 Gian Piero Carrubba
>   ~ -   Miscellaneous minor cleanups
>
> 2017-03-31 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   fixed type option argument to --siblings
>     -   cleanup imports in diff command
>     -   removed all help options
>     -   remove --overview option, add -V as --version alias
>     -   zsh completion: suppress possible error messages with --list-options
>     -   removed unused option reorderPatches (all commands use option 'reorder')
>     -   add class YesNo and instances to Darcs.Options.All
>     -   more option renaming: askdeps->askDeps, workingRepoDir->repoDir
>
> 2017-03-28 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   refactor: replace all trivial functions in D.UI.Flags with re-exports
>     -   fix handling of parse errors for --max-count option
>     -   renamed option xmloutput to xmlOutput
>     -   added infix operator (?) as synonym for parseFlags
>     -   remove flag list manipulation from show {authors, repo}
>     -   cleaned up pull command
>
> 2017-03-08 Gian Piero Carrubba
>   ~ -   Accept issue2275: darcs follows symbolic links instead of ignoring them
>
> 2017-03-28 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   cleanup of Darcs.UI.Options "master" module
>     -   cleaned up obsolete comment in Darcs.UI.Options.All
>     -   renamed hasXmlOutput to xmlOutput, hasXmlOutput returns Bool
>     -   rename (amQuiet,amVerbose) to (quiet,verbose), move to
> D.UI.Flags, and export
>     -   re-write of zsh completion script
>     -   use knownFileArgs, not noArgs, for show files
>     -   complete files for darcs replace only if 2 args are already present
>     -   refactored shell completion support
>     -   refactored repair/check command
>     -   remove files and directories options from commands that don't use them
>     -   show repo: fixed excessively borked code indentation
>     -   removed mention of --files from help text for show repo command
>     -   show repo: removed --files option, removed manual flags parsing
>     -   fix warning in harness/Storage/Hashed/Test.hs
>     -   show repo: fixed formatting (boringfile Pref overflowed alignment)
>     -   add patch index status to show repo command
>     -   annotate/options: allow --human-readable to counter --machine-readable
>
> 2017-04-07 Guillaume Hoffmann
>   ~ -   remove outdated directory_confusion.sh
>     -   remove unused toolbox.sh test
>
> 2017-03-22 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   simplified implementation of Darcs.UI.Options.All.dryRun
>     -   refactor: add data type for hook options
>     -   refactor: move usage and help related functions from
> Darcs.UI.Commands to Darcs.UI.Usage
>     -   refactor: moved printDryRunMessageAndExit from
> Darcs.UI.Commands to Darcs.UI.Commands.Util
>     -   refactor: help and usage formatting cleanup
>     -   improved haddocks for Darcs.Util.Printer
>     -   remove umask and update_working parameters from withRepoLockCanFail
>     -   fixed Darcs.Util.Printer.vsep by folding over a new binary
> operator vplus
>     -   removed Darcs.Util.Environment: we require base >= 4.8 anyway
> so just use lookupEnv
>     -   add cabal.project.local (created by cabal new-configure) to .boring
>     -   tests/log.sh: run tests in separate dirs and don't remove them
>     -   fixed typo in option help for --no-pending
>
> 2017-03-20 Ganesh Sittampalam
>   ~ -   add some more test cases of command-line substitution
>     -   move some tests from documentation to the actual test harness
>
> 2017-03-15 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   resolve issue2526: actually consider boring option in
> D.UI.Flags.diffingOpts
>     -   accept issue2526: whatsnew -l --boring should list boring files
>
> 2017-03-15 Gian Piero Carrubba
>   ~ -   bash_completion: copy the approach used by the zsh completion
>     -   bash_completion: better support for multi-level commands
>
> 2016-11-02 Timo von Holtz
>   ~ -   fix mail encode with '.' or '=' as last character
>
> 2017-02-26 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   fixed a todo comment regarding email encoding
>     -   add roundtrip property for email MIME codec and a unit test
>     -   resolve issue2504: skip ssh tests that require password input
>
> 2016-09-29 Guillaume Hoffmann
>   ~ -   introduce withOldRepoLock, reduce code specific to old-fashioned repos
>     -   save lines in D.R.Hashed
>     -   remove a useless forall in D.R.Pending
>     -   remove useless language extensions in Darcs.Repository modules
>     -   remove a few useless foralls
>     -   rename Darcs.Repository.Internal to Darcs.Repository.Identify
>     -   move hashed related functions from Internal to Hashed
>     -   move repoPatchType from Internal to InternalTypes
>     -   create Repository.Working
>     -   move merge related functions from Internal to Merge
>     -   move pending related functions from Internal to Pending
>     -   rename Darcs.Repository.HashedRepo to Darcs.Repository.Hashed
>
> 2017-03-08 Gian Piero Carrubba
>   ~ -   Fix `'optimize <subcommand> --list-options'`
>
> 2016-12-20 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   resolve issue2516: joining (possible) URL path elements should
> not use `</>` from System.FilePath
>
> 2017-01-10 Ganesh Sittampalam
>   ~ -   support vector 0.12
>     -   support directory 1.3
>     -   support HUnit 1.4 and 1.5
>     -   support time 1.7
>     -   add IsRepoType constraint to the PrimV1Job type
>
> 2016-10-18 Stephan-A. Posselt
>   ~ -   resolve issue2512: author name is written to repository after
> multiple-choice prompt
>     -   added regression test for issue2512
>
> 2016-09-29 Guillaume Hoffmann
>   ~ -   typo in test oldfashioned.sh
>     -   remove show bug test
>     -   merge Motd module into Prefs
>     -   remove show bug hidden command
>     -   delete outdated script run-all-tests
>     -   merge two tests into revert.sh
>     -   merge one add test into add.sh
>     -   rollback template haskell hack since we use cabal >= 1.18
>     -   bump cabal dependency to 1.22.5 and remove workaround in cabal file
>     -   bump dependencies following haskell platform 7.10.3
>     -   mark comment as TODO
>     -   really fix compilation under Windows
>     -   resolve issue2510: import Control.Exception even under Windows
>     -   changelog entries for 2.12.1 and 2.12.2
>     -   add missing sshlib import to test
>     -   no longer print darcs version in output of help markdown
>     -   resolve issue2507: add tests/network/sshlib to extra-sources-files
>
> 2016-08-31 Ganesh Sittampalam
>   ~ -   improve error message when library ends up unbuildable
>     -   bump QuickCheck dependency
>     -   resolve issue2498: unconditionally use the Haskell HTTP package
>
> 2016-05-06 Ben Franksen
>   ~ -   added regression test for issue2496
>     -   resolve issue2496: improve output of darcs whatsnew with file arguments
>     -   fix in record: use only existing file arguments when querying patches
>
> 2016-05-05 Ganesh Sittampalam
>   ~ -   silence the GHC 8.0 redundant constraints warning for now
>     -   remove unused class member 'maybeWork' from ParserM
>     -   remove unused class member 'toChar' from Darcs.Util.Path.CharLike
>     -   remove unused class member 'toFL' from Darcs.Patch.Non.WL
>
> 2016-07-02 Sergei Trofimovich
>   ~ -   Tweak for sandi-0.4.*
>
> 2016-09-01 Guillaume Hoffmann
>   ~ -   require GHC 7.10 and time 1.5
>     -   merge show contents tests
>     -   merge diff tests
>     -   remove trivial test justrm.sh
>     -   merge one test into rmdir.sh
>     -   delete rmdir-formerly-pl.sh subsumed by show_files.sh
>     -   merge two tests into record.sh
>     -   merge one test into clone.sh
>     -   merge init tests
>     -   merge annotate tests
>     -   merge rollback tests
>     -   merge apply tests
>     -   merge tag tests
>     -   merge repair and check tests
>     -   merge oldfashioned tests
>     -   remove unclear nfs-failure.sh test
>     -   merge clone tests
>     -   bump version to 2.13.0
>     -   TAG 2.12.0
>     -   remove -prof flags from darcs.cabal
>     -   do not pass rts flag for library
>     -   remove hpc flag since cabal supports it since 2015
>     -   2.12 changelog
>     -   move runHLint.sh to contrib and add to darcs.cabal
>     -   bump version to 2.12.0
>     -   consistently use 'working tree' phrase
>     -   merge a test into optimize.sh
>     -   merge tests into log.sh and rename changes to log
>     -   consolidate push shell tests
>     -   consolidate pull shell tests
>     -   consolidate add shell tests
>     -   improve issue1825 test
>     -   consolidate remove shell tests
>     -   consolidate unrecord shell tests
>     -   consolidate mv shell tests
>     -   consolidate record shell tests
>     -   consolidate unrevert shell tests
>     -   rename changes tests to log and consolidate
>     -   consolidate amend shell tests into one
>     -   consolidate dist shell tests into one
>     -   consolidate replace shell tests into one
>     -   consolidate whatsnew shell tests into one
>     -   consolidate obliterate shell tests into one
>     -   merge UI.RemoteApply into UI.Commands.Push
>     -   remove support for DARCS_GET_ and DARCS_APPLY_ hacks
>     -   fix failing-merging_newlines.sh
>     -   fix failing-issue2293
>     -   rm failing-issue2238 wrongly failing and fixed anyway
>     -   add lib import to test
>     -   fix issue1702 test and accept issue as resolved
>     -   fix failing-issue1316
>     -   remove failing-issue1013 tests as not interesting
>     -   remove annotate --index form failing-index test
>
> 2016-02-28 Ganesh Sittampalam
>   ~ -   support base-4.9 (GHC 8.0)
>     -   add type signature needed for GHC 8.0
>     -   add pragma needed for GHC 8.0
>
> 2016-04-21 Guillaume Hoffmann
>   ~ -   update messages in Darcs.Patch.Match
>     -   reduce help of init
>     -   mention weak hash in help of show repo
>     -   update help of diff
>     -   reduce help of push
>     -   reduce help of pull
>     -   reduce help of clone
>     -   reduce help of record
>     -   darcs help: new sections and order for commands
>     -   remove all hidden aliases of show, deprecated for years
>     -   make some command descriptions shorter and nicer
>     -   merge all show patch-index commands into one
>     -   hlint Darcs.UI.Commands.Convert
>     -   hlint Darcs.UI.Commands.Optimize
>     -   hlint Darcs.Util.Ssh
>     -   hlint Darcs.Util.Tree*
>     -   remove unnecessary pragma in Darcs.Util.Exception
>     -   remove unnecessary pragma in Darcs.UI.Command.Record
>     -   remove unnecessary pragma in Darcs.UI.Command.Convert
>     -   remove unnecessary pragma in Darcs.UI.Command.Apply
>     -   remove unnecessary pragmas in Darcs.Repository.Rebase
>     -   remove unnecessary pragma in Darcs.Patch.Rebase.Container
>     -   remove unnecessary pragma and do in Darcs.Patch.Named.Wrapped
>
> 2016-04-21 Ganesh Sittampalam
>   ~ -   add a couple of missing upper bounds
>     -   add traverse to Darcs.Prelude to fix build on GHC 7.6
>
> 2016-04-08 Guillaume Hoffmann
>   ~ -   resolve issue2138: report conflicting files in whatsnew -s
>     -   move local functions of getMovesPs closer to where used
>     -   reimplement resolution of --look-for-moves and update tests
>     -   fix and clarify getReplaces
>     -   fix a network test after annotate patch feature removal