[Haskell-cafe] ANN: Haddock version 2.5.0

-------------------------------------------- -- Haddock 2.5.0 -------------------------------------------- A new version of Haddock, the Haskell documentation tool, is out! If you're using GHC 6.10.2 and Haddock 2.4.2, you should be able to upgrade to this version without any problem. If you're using something else, you should re-install any documentation that you want to link to after upgrading. Please use the bug tracker to submit bug reports or feature requests. -------------------------------------------- -- Changes in version 2.5.0 -------------------------------------------- * Drop support for GHC 6.8.* * Add support for GHC 6.10.3 and 6.10.4 * Revert to the old multi-page index for large packages (#106) * Show GADT records in the generated documentation * Create the output directory if it doesn't exist (#104) * Use the native codegen instead of compiling via C for TH modules * Add --use-unicode flag for displaying prettier versions of common symbols * Mutiple verbosity levels: remove --verbose and add --verbosity=n * Simpler versioning of .haddock files To avoid slow search, Haddock switches from the searchable index to the old multi-page index for large packages (containing over 150 items). This, and support for GADT records in the generated documentation was implemented by Isaac Dupree as part of his Summer of Code project. The --use-unicode flag was contributed by George Porges. -------------------------------------------- -- Links -------------------------------------------- Homepage: http://www.haskell.org/haddock Hackage page: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/haddock-2.5.0 Bugtracker and wiki: http://trac.haskell.org/haddock Mailing list: haddock at projects.haskell.org Code repository: http://code.haskell.org/haddock -------------------------------------------- -- Contributors -------------------------------------------- The following people contributed patches to this release: Isaac Dupree Ian Lynagh Simon Marlow Simon Peyton-Jones George Porges David Waern -------------------------------------------- -- Future Plans -------------------------------------------- Here are the top priority tickets right now: * Cross-package documentation (#24) * Good warning messages when encountering unexpected Haddock comments (#94) * Comments on instance declarations (#29) Isaac Dupree has been working on the first item as part of his SoC project and it is near completion. If you have any input on what we should prioritize, add yourself to the CC list of the ticket(s) that you are interested in. -------------------------------------------- -- Get Involved -------------------------------------------- We would be very happy to get more contributors. To get involved, start by grabbing the code: http://code.haskell.org/haddock Then take a look at the bug and feature tracker for things to work on: http://trac.haskell.org/haddock