'cabal upload --check' broken

[hvr]

I noticed that cabal upload --check is broken, as it uses the hardcoded URL:

checkURI :: URI
Just checkURI = parseURI "http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/check-pkg"

Which doesn't seem to work anymore (it responds with a 404). Is it planned to have this functionality restored?

[23Skidoo]

@dcoutts, does the new Hackage server provide this functionality?

[23Skidoo]

See also haskell/hackage-server#128

[dcoutts]

Yes, it looks like we never implemented the check feature because we expected to replace it with the package candidates feature. The candidate feature more or less works. We should probably add support to cabal-install for using the candidates feature. May also want to support the existing one-off style check feature if we think they're distinct use cases.

[23Skidoo]

For those wondering what package candidates are, from https://hackage.haskell.org/new-features:

Package “candidates”. You may have noticed that package versions are often uploaded in quick succession — sometimes just minutes apart — because a mistake is only noticed after the author uploaded. This feature lets you upload a “candidate”, giving it a URL that others can download from, and gives an opportunity for build bots and documentation builders to try the package out. Once the author is satisfied then they can publish to the main package index. We think this feature is about 90% complete. See haskell/hackage-server#41.

[ttuegel]

If this option has been replaced by package candidates, should it be removed?