Make platform installer checklist

r0ml commented 10 years ago

Make a list of things to check to see if the installer works. As many as possible of these should be automated, eg using scripts + HUnit or something.

eg:

compile hello world
ghci -package blah
ghc-pkg check (see for example what could go wrong)
run full ghc testsuite perhaps
Check all executables are .. executable
Build canonical apps: e.g. darcs.
Build a large subset of Hackage.
Check that haskell platform minor versions build the same set : http://blog.well-typed.com/2009/03/regression-testing-with-hackage/

r0ml commented 10 years ago

An easier way of testing building hackage: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/cvs-ghc/2010-January/052410.html

r0ml commented 10 years ago

There's the haskell-platform-test package on Hackage which hasn't been updated for a some time.

haskell / haskell-platform

Make platform installer checklist #60