reenable git-annex?

[etam]

I see that in #15 git-annex was dropped. But can it be enabled again? It's source repo shows some activity, and in stack.yaml it has lts-12.19.

[peti]

The problem supporting git-annex is not so much git-annex itself. Joey Hess is very active and quite responsive to questions and support requests. The problems are caused by git-annex's dependencies, some of which are outdated and unmaintained and no longer work in a recent version of the Haskell ecosystem.

I can give it another try, but in the past git-annex support has been quite painful, really, and I'm not super enthusiastic about going through all that again.

[etam]

Please, give it a try. But if it becomes too much of a problem, then don't force yourself. Thanks.

[peti]

We still cannot build git-annex I'm afraid:

$ cabal v1-install --dry-run "git-annex >7"
Resolving dependencies...
cabal: Could not resolve dependencies:
[__0] trying: git-annex-7.20181105 (user goal)
[__1] trying: esqueleto-2.5.3 (dependency of git-annex)
[__2] next goal: base (dependency of git-annex)
[__2] rejecting: base-4.12.0.0/installed-4.1... (conflict: esqueleto =>
base>=4.8 && <4.11)
[__2] rejecting: base-4.12.0.0, base-4.11.1.0, base-4.11.0.0, base-4.10.1.0,
base-4.10.0.0, base-4.9.1.0, base-4.9.0.0, base-4.8.2.0, base-4.8.1.0,
base-4.8.0.0, base-4.7.0.2, base-4.7.0.1, base-4.7.0.0, base-4.6.0.1,
base-4.6.0.0, base-4.5.1.0, base-4.5.0.0, base-4.4.1.0, base-4.4.0.0,
base-4.3.1.0, base-4.3.0.0, base-4.2.0.2, base-4.2.0.1, base-4.2.0.0,
base-4.1.0.0, base-4.0.0.0, base-3.0.3.2, base-3.0.3.1 (constraint from
non-upgradeable package requires installed instance)
[__2] fail (backjumping, conflict set: base, esqueleto, git-annex)
After searching the rest of the dependency tree exhaustively, these were the
goals I've had most trouble fulfilling: base, git-annex, esqueleto

The dependency esqueleto needs an update before can use it.

[etam]

Just for reference: bitemyapp/esqueleto#105

[peti]

Recent versions of git-annex have dropped the dependency on esqueleto. That might open some doors for us.