{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/3165","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/3165/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/3165/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/3165/events","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/3165","id":134743987,"number":3165,"title":"Improvements to '--allow-newer'","user":{"login":"23Skidoo","id":47439,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47439?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo","html_url":"https://github.com/23Skidoo","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2016-02-19T01:11:00Z","updated_at":"2016-02-19T10:41:33Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/pulls/3165","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/3165","diff_url":"https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/3165.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/3165.patch"},"body":"Two improvements:\r\n\r\n* `--allow-newer=foo --allow-newer=bar` now works as expected (equivalent to `--allow-newer=foo,bar`). Fixes #2588.\r\n* `./Setup configure --allow-newer[=foo[,bar]]` now works. Fixes #3163."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/comments/186165731","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/3165#issuecomment-186165731","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/3165","id":186165731,"user":{"login":"dcoutts","id":1339423,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1339423?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dcoutts","html_url":"https://github.com/dcoutts","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dcoutts/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dcoutts/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dcoutts/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dcoutts/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dcoutts/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dcoutts/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dcoutts/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dcoutts/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dcoutts/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-02-19T10:41:33Z","updated_at":"2016-02-19T10:41:33Z","body":"Looks fine. Providing `--allow-newer` as a `Setup configure` option is ok given that some tools cannot or will not use the full `--exact-configuration`. And yes it's right that `--allow-newer` is ignored if `--exact-configuration` is given."}}