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material that you upload. For example, check that your tarball includes the
license files of any 3rd party code that you include.</p>

<h3>Public repositories</h3>

It is preferable if any web pages linked from the following fields are publicly accessible:
<ul>
<li>Bug report URL</li>
<li>Homepage URL</li>
<li>Source repositories</li>
</ul>

In particular, where these fields refer to a repository, a public repository is preferable.
This gives users access to existing issues (e.g. to check for duplicates before raising a bug)
and package version history. It also enables users to gauge whether packages are being
actively maintained or developed.

That said, links to private repositories are acceptable, just not as useful.

<h3>Privileges</h3>

<p>To upload a package, you'll need a Hackage <a href="/accounts">username</a>
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