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diff --git a/dev-haskell/retry/metadata.xml b/dev-haskell/retry/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8df6740dd53a --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-haskell/retry/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <maintainer type="project"> + <email>haskell@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Gentoo Haskell</name> + </maintainer> + <longdescription> + This package exposes combinators that can wrap arbitrary + monadic actions. They run the action and potentially retry + running it with some configurable delay for a configurable + number of times. + The purpose is to make it easier to work with IO and + especially network IO actions that often experience temporary + failure and warrant retrying of the original action. For + example, a database query may time out for a while, in which + case we should hang back for a bit and retry the query instead + of simply raising an exception. + </longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |