{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/5513","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/5513/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/5513/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/5513/events","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/5513","id":349685474,"node_id":"MDU6SXNzdWUzNDk2ODU0NzQ=","number":5513,"title":"Cabal 2.2 fails on package descriptions that earlier versions of Cabal were able to parse","user":{"login":"sol","id":461132,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjQ2MTEzMg==","avatar_url":"https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/461132?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/sol","html_url":"https://github.com/sol","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sol/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sol/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sol/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sol/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sol/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sol/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sol/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sol/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sol/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2018-08-10T23:39:33Z","updated_at":"2018-08-11T10:48:08Z","closed_at":"2018-08-11T10:48:08Z","author_association":"MEMBER","body":"Steps to reproduce:\r\n\r\nCreate a file `foo.cabal`\r\n\r\n```\r\nname: foo\r\n```\r\n\r\nand in `ghci` observe\r\n\r\n```\r\nghci> readGenericPackageDescription silent \"foo.cabal\"\r\n*** Exception: dieVerbatim: user error (<interactive>: Failed parsing \"foo.cabal\".\r\n```\r\n\r\nApparently `version` is now required to make this parse.  At the very least I would hope for a better error message. I mean `Failed parsing \"foo.cabal\".`? Come on guys, seriously?"}}
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