[xmonad] New release

Isn't it time for a new release? Been using xmonad from darcs without issues
for a long time.

Peter Jones

2014-12-02 20:17:30 UTC

Post by Carsten Mattner
Isn't it time for a new release? Been using xmonad from darcs without issues
for a long time.

+1.

Also, xmonad-extras needs an update to support recent versions of libmpd.

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Carsten Mattner

2015-03-02 17:30:24 UTC

Post by Carsten Mattner
Isn't it time for a new release? Been using xmonad from darcs without issues
for a long time.

+1.
Also, xmonad-extras needs an update to support recent versions of libmpd.

Can we cut a release?

adam vogt

2015-03-02 18:08:40 UTC

Certainly. The hard deadline is the ghc-7.10 release which can't compile
what's currently on hackage. The end of the week seems realistic to check:

Release notes

Broken links in contrib haddocks

That we are compatible with ghc s back to 6.12 or so

Regards,
Adam

Post by Carsten Mattner
Isn't it time for a new release? Been using xmonad from darcs without

issues

Post by Carsten Mattner
for a long time.

+1.
Also, xmonad-extras needs an update to support recent versions of libmpd.

Can we cut a release?
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Carsten Mattner

2015-03-03 15:43:45 UTC

7.10 works for me with Darcs HEAD.

Post by adam vogt
Certainly. The hard deadline is the ghc-7.10 release which can't compile
Release notes
Broken links in contrib haddocks
That we are compatible with ghc s back to 6.12 or so
Regards,
Adam

Post by Carsten Mattner
Isn't it time for a new release? Been using xmonad from darcs without issues
for a long time.

+1.
Also, xmonad-extras needs an update to support recent versions of libmpd.

Can we cut a release?
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Carsten Mattner

2015-03-11 12:11:25 UTC

Some friendly suggestions:

I'd very much like to see a release happen this month and start
to get into a habit of at least a couple release a year. Infrequent releases
may contribute to the perception of Darcs being the reason for
project stalls.

Someone with good writing skills might also want to communicate
the nice Xmonad Prompt modules as advanced replacements for
dmenu and one less external dependency and Xmonad-only
feature like other window managers that don't require dmenu.
Just a thought.

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Carsten Mattner

Post by Carsten Mattner
7.10 works for me with Darcs HEAD.

Post by Carsten Mattner
Isn't it time for a new release? Been using xmonad from darcs without issues
for a long time.

+1.
Also, xmonad-extras needs an update to support recent versions of libmpd.

Can we cut a release?
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Carsten Mattner

2015-03-29 11:59:52 UTC

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Carsten Mattner

Post by Carsten Mattner
I'd very much like to see a release happen this month and start
to get into a habit of at least a couple release a year. Infrequent releases
may contribute to the perception of Darcs being the reason for
project stalls.
Someone with good writing skills might also want to communicate
the nice Xmonad Prompt modules as advanced replacements for
dmenu and one less external dependency and Xmonad-only
feature like other window managers that don't require dmenu.
Just a thought.

GHC 7.10 is out and Darcs HEAD works. Time for release?
Communicating the Xmonad Prompt modules is icing on the
cake best done by someone with good writing skills but not
blocker for the release.

Post by Carsten Mattner
On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Carsten Mattner

Post by Carsten Mattner
7.10 works for me with Darcs HEAD.

Post by Carsten Mattner
Isn't it time for a new release? Been using xmonad from darcs without issues
for a long time.

+1.
Also, xmonad-extras needs an update to support recent versions of libmpd.

Can we cut a release?
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Carsten Mattner

2015-04-11 10:09:24 UTC

On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Carsten Mattner

Post by Carsten Mattner
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Carsten Mattner

GHC 7.10 is out and Darcs HEAD works. Time for release?
Communicating the Xmonad Prompt modules is icing on the
cake best done by someone with good writing skills but not
blocker for the release.

Don't want to be that guy but what's blocking the release?

Post by Carsten Mattner
On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Carsten Mattner

Post by Carsten Mattner
7.10 works for me with Darcs HEAD.

Post by Carsten Mattner
Isn't it time for a new release? Been using xmonad from darcs without issues
for a long time.

+1.
Also, xmonad-extras needs an update to support recent versions of libmpd.

Can we cut a release?
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Carsten Mattner

2015-05-03 12:16:03 UTC

bump

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Carsten Mattner

Post by Carsten Mattner
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Carsten Mattner

Post by Carsten Mattner
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Carsten Mattner

GHC 7.10 is out and Darcs HEAD works. Time for release?
Communicating the Xmonad Prompt modules is icing on the
cake best done by someone with good writing skills but not
blocker for the release.

Don't want to be that guy but what's blocking the release?

Post by Carsten Mattner
On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Carsten Mattner

Post by Carsten Mattner
7.10 works for me with Darcs HEAD.

Post by Carsten Mattner
Isn't it time for a new release? Been using xmonad from darcs without
issues
for a long time.

+1.
Also, xmonad-extras needs an update to support recent versions of libmpd.

Can we cut a release?
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Carlos López-Camey

2015-05-03 16:09:10 UTC

Hi Carsten,

Fwiw, xmonad-contrib 0.11.4 (hackage version) doesnt compile with ghc 7.6.3
(ubuntu version). I would like to work on a patch for a possible 0.11.5..
is this something we'd want?

Post by Carsten Mattner
bump
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Carsten Mattner

Post by Carsten Mattner
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Carsten Mattner

Post by Carsten Mattner
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Carsten Mattner

Post by Carsten Mattner
I'd very much like to see a release happen this month and start
to get into a habit of at least a couple release a year. Infrequent

releases

Post by Carsten Mattner
may contribute to the perception of Darcs being the reason for
project stalls.
Someone with good writing skills might also want to communicate
the nice Xmonad Prompt modules as advanced replacements for
dmenu and one less external dependency and Xmonad-only
feature like other window managers that don't require dmenu.
Just a thought.

GHC 7.10 is out and Darcs HEAD works. Time for release?
Communicating the Xmonad Prompt modules is icing on the
cake best done by someone with good writing skills but not
blocker for the release.

Don't want to be that guy but what's blocking the release?

Post by Carsten Mattner
On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Carsten Mattner

Post by Carsten Mattner
7.10 works for me with Darcs HEAD.

Post by adam vogt
Certainly. The hard deadline is the ghc-7.10 release which can't

compile

Post by adam vogt
what's currently on hackage. The end of the week seems realistic to
Release notes
Broken links in contrib haddocks
That we are compatible with ghc s back to 6.12 or so
Regards,
Adam

Post by Carsten Mattner
Isn't it time for a new release? Been using xmonad from darcs

without

Post by adam vogt

Post by Carsten Mattner
issues
for a long time.

+1.
Also, xmonad-extras needs an update to support recent versions of libmpd.

Can we cut a release?
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Brandon Allbery

2015-05-03 16:50:24 UTC

Post by Carlos LÃ³pez-Camey
Fwiw, xmonad-contrib 0.11.4 (hackage version) doesnt compile with ghc
7.6.3 (ubuntu version). I would like to work on a patch for a possible
0.11.5.. is this something we'd want?

I think it should either be fixed or get a constraint on "base" so that it
won't try to build on versions before 7.10.1. Preferably the former.

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Carlos López-Camey

2015-05-03 19:40:11 UTC

The fix turned easy. I am attaching a tarball created with `cabal sdist`

The process: I couldn't find any darcs tags greater than 0.11 in the
repository, so I downloaded the xmonad-contrib-0.11.4 tarball from haddock
and changed it until compiled. Here is the darcs-whatsnew

hunk ./XMonad/Hooks/DebugEvents.hs 34
+import Control.Applicative
hunk ./XMonad/Util/Invisible.hs 25
+import Control.Applicative
hunk ./xmonad-contrib.cabal 37
-tested-with: GHC == 7.8.2, GHC==7.6.2, GHC==7.4.1, GHC==7.2.1,
GHC==7.0.4
+tested-with: GHC == 7.8.2, GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.4.1, GHC==7.2.1,
GHC==7.0.4

I didn't bump to 0.11.5, because I think we want to repair this report:
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-0.11.4/reports/1. --
Cheers

I think it should either be fixed or get a constraint on "base" so that it
won't try to build on versions before 7.10.1. Preferably the former.
--
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unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad
http://sinenomine.net

Brent Yorgey

2015-05-04 17:22:10 UTC

Note that these changes have already been applied in the most recent darcs
version.

-Brent

Post by Carlos LÃ³pez-Camey
The fix turned easy. I am attaching a tarball created with `cabal sdist`
The process: I couldn't find any darcs tags greater than 0.11 in the
repository, so I downloaded the xmonad-contrib-0.11.4 tarball from haddock
and changed it until compiled. Here is the darcs-whatsnew
hunk ./XMonad/Hooks/DebugEvents.hs 34
+import Control.Applicative
hunk ./XMonad/Util/Invisible.hs 25
+import Control.Applicative
hunk ./xmonad-contrib.cabal 37
-tested-with: GHC == 7.8.2, GHC==7.6.2, GHC==7.4.1, GHC==7.2.1,
GHC==7.0.4
+tested-with: GHC == 7.8.2, GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.4.1, GHC==7.2.1,
GHC==7.0.4
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-0.11.4/reports/1. --
Cheers

I think it should either be fixed or get a constraint on "base" so that
it won't try to build on versions before 7.10.1. Preferably the former.
--
brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates
unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad
http://sinenomine.net

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Carsten Mattner

2015-05-05 11:16:05 UTC

Post by Brent Yorgey
Note that these changes have already been applied in the most recent darcs
version.

What's the release holdup?

I'm not good at writing blog post but like I suggested before the release
announcement could be enhanced by including at least examples for
replacing dmenu with XMonad.Prompt.Shell and maybe the password
manager prompt. It's been in contrib a long time but seems largely
unknown. Someone with nice writing skills could write a short blurb.

Post by Brent Yorgey
-Brent

I think it should either be fixed or get a constraint on "base" so that
it won't try to build on versions before 7.10.1. Preferably the former.
--
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eniotna

2015-05-19 14:29:22 UTC

For the XMonad.Prompt.Pass, this article could help getting started
http://babushk.in/posts/combining-xmonad-and-pass.html.

This is the article that motivated me to create the patch.

Cheers,

Post by Brent Yorgey
Note that these changes have already been applied in the most recent

darcs

Post by Brent Yorgey
version.

What's the release holdup?
I'm not good at writing blog post but like I suggested before the release
announcement could be enhanced by including at least examples for
replacing dmenu with XMonad.Prompt.Shell and maybe the password
manager prompt. It's been in contrib a long time but seems largely
unknown. Someone with nice writing skills could write a short blurb.

Post by Brent Yorgey
-Brent

haddock

Post by Brent Yorgey

Post by Carlos LÃ³pez-Camey
and changed it until compiled. Here is the darcs-whatsnew
hunk ./XMonad/Hooks/DebugEvents.hs 34
+import Control.Applicative
hunk ./XMonad/Util/Invisible.hs 25
+import Control.Applicative
hunk ./xmonad-contrib.cabal 37
-tested-with: GHC == 7.8.2, GHC==7.6.2, GHC==7.4.1, GHC==7.2.1,
GHC==7.0.4
+tested-with: GHC == 7.8.2, GHC==7.6.3, GHC==7.4.1, GHC==7.2.1,
GHC==7.0.4
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-0.11.4/reports/1. --
Cheers

I think it should either be fixed or get a constraint on "base" so that
it won't try to build on versions before 7.10.1. Preferably the former.
--
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Carsten Mattner

2015-05-22 21:46:51 UTC

Post by eniotna
For the XMonad.Prompt.Pass, this article could help getting started
http://babushk.in/posts/combining-xmonad-and-pass.html.
This is the article that motivated me to create the patch.

Looks good. Combined with a a simple dmenu_run replacement config
this will be great for the release announcement.

Post by eniotna
Cheers,

Post by Brent Yorgey
Note that these changes have already been applied in the most recent darcs
version.

What's the release holdup?
I'm not good at writing blog post but like I suggested before the release
announcement could be enhanced by including at least examples for
replacing dmenu with XMonad.Prompt.Shell and maybe the password
manager prompt. It's been in contrib a long time but seems largely
unknown. Someone with nice writing skills could write a short blurb.

Post by Brent Yorgey
-Brent