1 2# [`network`](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/network) 3 4To build this package directly from git, you must run `autoreconf -i`. 5And then use `cabal configure; cabal build` or `stack build`. 6 7## Support Policy 8 9### GHC 10 11The `network` package support [3 major versions of GHC](https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/intro.html#ghc-version-numbering-policy) only. 12This means that the current stable version and two previous stable versions are supported. 13However, all GHC 8.x are supported currently. 14 15### Windows 16 17We use MSYS to build this package on Windows. 18To use the `network` package on Cygwin, use `stack`. 19 20## Coding 21 22### .hs files 23 24If you need C macros created by "configure" or `CALLCONV`/`SAFE_ON_WIN`, put 25 26``` 27#include "HsNetDef.h" 28``` 29 30"HsNet.h" does now work well since Mac's cpp sucks. 31 32### .hsc files 33 34If you need `#peek`, `#poke` and others, create a `.hsc` file with 35 36``` 37#include "HsNet.h" 38``` 39 40`HsNet.h` includes `HsNefDef.h` and necessary C structures. 41Unfortunately, `hsc2hs` does not convert C macros. 42So, if you use `CALLCONV`/`SAFE_ON_WIN`, the following is also necessary: 43 44``` 45##include "HsNetDef.h" 46``` 47 48## Milestones 49 50### 2.6 51 52- [x] Making `SockAddrCan` deprecated 53 54### 2.7 55 56See https://github.com/haskell/network/issues/296 57 58- [x] Making `Network` deprecated 59- [x] Making `Network.BSD` deprecated 60- [x] Making `MkSocket` deprecated 61- [x] Making many APIs deprecated 62 63### 2.8 64 65- [x] Stop exporting the `PortNum` Constructor in `PortNumber` 66 67### 3.0 68 69- [x] Removing `Network` 70- [x] Removing `Network.BSD` 71- [x] Removing `SockAddrCan` 72- [x] Changing the internal structure of `Socket`. 73- [x] Make address extensible. 74- [x] Remove EOF errors 75
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