Haskell Platform and Windows - where's 2011.4?

On haskell.org, the 2011.4.0.0 version is shown as the current stable release - but the most recent download link is for the 2011.2.0.0 version. This is bugging me a little because the documentation in the 2011.2 Haskell Platform download for Windows is broken - there's at least one bug report about this already. There's online documentation, but it's (1) online, where I need something I can read on an old no-internet laptop, and (2) I assume for the most recent version, and therefore it potentially misleading. I already fixed the "online" side - sorry, I know slurping a whole site is evil but I had little choice. The fact that the docs relate to a version of the platform that I can't access remains. I just have to hope that the changes are few and won't affect me. Extra annoying - there's no mention of why 2011.4 is missing from the Windows download page - no "temporarily delayed" or "skipped due to an awkward technical issue" or "not enough Windows developers volunteering". For all I know, it could just be an oversight updating haskell.org itself, but I think that's unlikely. So... what's the situation with the Haskell Platform on Windows? - both WRT my specific bit of whinging and whining, and in general? Is Windows a low priority niche from the Haskell POV? If I intend to take Haskell more seriously, do I need to make Linux or some other *nix my primary OS? Please say no - I've been an on-and-off Linux user for around 10 years, with the most recent 2 years on ending around May this year. For all the pros, the cons of endless graphics card driver issues, awkward configuration hassles and so on have defeated me yet again.

On 27 December 2011 19:13, Steve Horne
On haskell.org, the 2011.4.0.0 version is shown as the current stable release - but the most recent download link is for the 2011.2.0.0 version.
What download link are you referring to? I see that: http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/windows.html correctly points to the 2011.4.0.0 release. Bas

All versions went live last week. Are you perhaps looking at an expired or
cached page?
On Tuesday, December 27, 2011, Bas van Dijk
On 27 December 2011 19:13, Steve Horne
wrote: On haskell.org, the 2011.4.0.0 version is shown as the current stable release - but the most recent download link is for the 2011.2.0.0 version.
What download link are you referring to? I see that: http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/windows.html correctly points to the 2011.4.0.0 release.
Bas
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On 27/12/2011 18:36, Bas van Dijk wrote:
On haskell.org, the 2011.4.0.0 version is shown as the current stable release - but the most recent download link is for the 2011.2.0.0 version. What download link are you referring to? I see that: http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/windows.html correctly points to
On 27 December 2011 19:13, Steve Horne
wrote: the 2011.4.0.0 release. Bas
From http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/ Click "Windows" to reach http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/windows.html Seems to be the same page you're referring to, but no 2011.4 link. Just in case, I forced a page refresh - and got a surprise when that fixed it. OK - I really should have tried that before. But... why would an old page hang around in my Firefox cache so long and not get updated? I've not had this on any other sites.

On 27/12/2011 18:57, Steve Horne wrote:
OK - I really should have tried that before. But... why would an old page hang around in my Firefox cache so long and not get updated? I've not had this on any other sites. I still should be doing more checking before posting.
A look in the source for the page doesn't show any odd metadata or anything. Whatever the issue is, it's my end. Sorry everyone.
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