@@ -108,32 +108,23 @@ performing updates!
109## Current State of Affairs
109## Current State of Affairs
111−The tool-chain is stable. As of today, 2011-08-30, almost all Haskell
111+The tool-chain is stable. As of today, 2013-04-12, virtually all Haskell
112packages available in Nix have been generated automatically from their
112packages available in Nix have been generated automatically from their
113−Cabal files. The exceptions are:
113+Cabal files. There are only a handful of exceptions, which we cannot
114−
114+generate because these packages aren't available on Hackage. The list of
115−* "Bad packages" that cannot be generated automatically because there
116− is no proper Cabal file for them, or because their builds are so
117− complicated that the `cabal.nix` build doesn't suffice to do the
118− trick. The list of bad packages is hard-coded into
115+those packages is hard-coded into the
119− [`hackage4nix.hs`](http://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix/blob/master/src/Hackage4Nix.hs),
116+[`hackage4nix.hs`](http://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix/blob/master/src/Hackage4Nix.hs)
120− in the functions `badPackagePaths` and `patchedPackages`. Any
117+binary in the function `badPackagePaths`.
121− package list in there is going to be ignored by `hackage4nix`.
118+
122−
119+Furthermore, Hackage4Nix will not re-generate packages that have been
123−* "Patched packages" cannot be generated automatically, because their
124− build instructions need patches that `cabal2nix` doesn't (yet) know
125− about. There is a hard-coded list of patched packages in
126− [`hackage4nix`](http://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix/blob/master/src/Hackage4Nix.hs).
127− Furthermore, all build expressions that define any of the attributes
120+patched, i.e. that define any of the following attributes:
129 (pre|post)Configure
122 (pre|post)Configure
130 (pre|post)Install
123 (pre|post)Install
131 patchPhase
124 patchPhase
134− are considered "patched". That list of attributes is hard-coded in
127+These packages are considered for updates, however.
135− [`hackage4nix.hs`](http://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix/blob/master/src/Hackage4Nix.hs)
136− in the function `regenerateDerivation`.
138The complete list of Haskell packages available in Nix is generated by
129The complete list of Haskell packages available in Nix is generated by
139the tool [`package-list`](http://github.com/peti/package-list),
130the tool [`package-list`](http://github.com/peti/package-list),