haskell / haskell/cabal

Add a PackageTest that packages with too new cabal-versions are skipped

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Description

We can use local+noindex repositories for that.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by locating the existing PackageTest cases and how they configure repositories. Use the suggested local+noindex repositories to model packages with cabal-versions newer than the running Cabal version, and verify that those packages are skipped rather than treated as failures.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
haskell
Domain
build-system, testing-qa
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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