question about uploads of code contribution

[VasiliIGalchin]

Hello,

     1) I want to upload a version with minor changes. Should I send out an "announcement"?

     2) does the hackage database have a "reader/writer" lock to protect readers, i.e. people downloading when I am uploading?

Regards, Vasili

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[Jeremy Shaw-3]

At Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:29:40 -0500,
Galchin, Vasili wrote:

>      2) does the hackage database have a "reader/writer" lock to protect
> readers, i.e. people downloading when I am uploading?

 1. new versions must have a different version number
 2. the version number is in the tarball name

 therefore:

 3. uploading a new version is a non-destructive operation and will
 not affect anyone downloading older versions.

At least, that is my understanding.

j.

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[VasiliIGalchin]

ahhh ... makes perfect sense vis-a-vis the read/write problem Jeremy. Hopefully using an incremented version number is enforced via the hackage database!! ;^)

Vasili

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Jeremy Shaw <jeremy@...> wrote:

At Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:29:40 -0500,

Galchin, Vasili wrote:

>      2) does the hackage database have a "reader/writer" lock to protect
> readers, i.e. people downloading when I am uploading?

 1. new versions must have a different version number
 2. the version number is in the tarball name

 therefore:

 3. uploading a new version is a non-destructive operation and will
 not affect anyone downloading older versions.

At least, that is my understanding.

j.

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[Neil Mitchell]

Hi

>      1) I want to upload a version with minor changes. Should I send out an
> "announcement"?

How minor are the changes? I tend to annouce no more than once every
few months for a package, and when its popular or has new features
people might be interested in

(I am assuming this is a package you wrote in the first place and
uploaded last time? If not, you probably shouldn't be uploading it)

Thanks

Neil
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