Initial environment check script

[Claus Reinke]

> http://hackage.haskell.org/package/haskell-platform-test-2010.2.0.0
> 
> Ideas for additional tests to add to this tool are welcome, as are
> patches.

haskell-platform-test.cabal:
|  Build-depends:       
|  ..<packages> ..

Shouldn't that simply be haskell-platform-2010.2.0.0?
In fact, where are the haskell-platform meta-packages
on hackage ("if it isn't on hackage, it doesn't exist";-)?

Main.hs:
| import *
| main =do print ..

Well, apart from the fact that not all platform modules
might be intended to be imported together, what keeps
GHC from not bothering with unused modules?-)

Also, the platform packages that used to be extralibs
should still have proper testsuites - if those are on 
hackage or could be undusted, they would offer a way 
to get the haskell platform testsuite of the ground?

The first goal for the haskell platform in terms of 
testing could be to get back to the level of quality 
that was provided by extralibs plus buildbots. Or
at least close to that level (building the extralibs
for every ghc patch did offer fairly immediate
alerts to both package and ghc maintainers).

As long as the tests are automated, the distro 
maintainers might be willing to run the testsuite
once a week or so, using their machines as 
buildbots and posting the build results to the 
haskell platform list?

Claus