15 Apr
2014
15 Apr
'14
8:21 p.m.
Hi,
On 15 April 2014 12:11, Simon Hengel
When looking at `network` specifically, I think it does not even have external dependencies, it just needs a C compiler and GNU autotools. So if we care about Windows support, couldn't we just bundle MingGW with a minimalistic GHC + cabal-install distribution. That would not only solve the network case, but also work for other packages that include some C files in the cabal package or need autotools for whatever reason.
GHC on Windows already includes MinGW, but you also need MSYS for configure scripts. I do want to ship MSYS with the HP installer, but haven't got around to integrating it yet.