Re: [PATCH 18/43] gnu: ghc-async: New variable.

[Paul van der Walt]

On 2015-10-19 at 16:08, quoth Eric Bavier:
>> +    (arguments `(#:tests? #f)) ; FIXME: testing libraries are missing.
>
> If this is the case, can the "ghc-hunit" input be left out?

It seems so.  It compiles without.  Fixed.

>> +    (home-page "https://github.com/simonmar/async";)
>> +    (synopsis "Run IO operations asynchronously and wait for their results")
>> +    (description "Higher-level interface over threads in Haskell, in which
>> +Async a is a concurrent thread that will eventually deliver a value of type
>> +a.")
>
> The first sentence here is a fragment.  Also, I believe our new texinfo
> support could come in handy here (and in other haskell packages, as
> they seem to like including code fragments):
>
> "This package provides a higher-level interface over threads in
> Haskell, in which @code{Async a} is a concurrent thread that will
> eventually deliver a value of type @code{a}."

All fixed.