[tor-bugs] #9204 [Tor Check]: Modularize check.torproject.org

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#9204: Modularize check.torproject.org
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Comment(by dkm):

 Replying to [comment:14 tup]:

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 > > 1) Make tordnsel build happily on the later version of Haskell that
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 > I'm going to work on this, but first I need to know on what architecture
 tordnsel needs to build (amd64?) and whether stable-updates are included
 in /etc/apt/sources.list. I'm assuming current Debian stable means wheezy.

 I'm already working on this, since about a couple of days ago. Maybe we
 should poll the efforts?

 [git://numm@numm.org:tordnsel numm at numm.org:tordnsel] (subject to rebase)

 Aside from IO Manager internals that the code relied on and that changed,
 and some simple keeping-up-with-the-times (redundant instances etc), most
 of the bitrot comes from `Control.OldException` having been dropped.
 Exception management is a bit involved so it's not completely trivial to
 update, but shouldn't be too tricky either.

 Maybe you'd like to review and comment on my progress?

 At the moment, I am not completely sure what are the possible sources of
 Asynchronous exceptions some regions of the code try hard not to capture
 (i.e. `ignoreJust syncExceptions`) while doing a catch-all? Only
 `killThread`? ... since with new(-ish) exceptions trying to determine how
 an exception was thrown is no longer possible.

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