Re: [Haskell-beginners] Fwd: cabal install snap-server-0.9.5.1: At least the following dependencies are missing: attoparsec >=0.10 && <0.13 && ==0.13.0.1

On 10/07/15 16:30, Imants Cekusins wrote:

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There is also a stack tool,

Thank you. It is very interesting.

Why were new tools introduced instead of adding new functionality to cabal?

A mix of packaging tools may lead to confusion.

Hi, There is a blog post over at FP complete that attempts to answer these questions: https://www.fpcomplete.com/blog/2015/06/why-is-stack-not-cabal Bjørn Øivind