Re: [Haskell-cafe] [ANNOUNCE] GHC 8.8.4 is now available

I don't see any windows binaries listed; are they there, elsewhere?
Lots of Linux (=0.7% desktop market share) versions, but Windows (=78%) only source?.
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The GHC team is proud to announce the release of GHC 8.8.4. The source distribution, binary distributions, and documentation are available at

Il 18 luglio 2020 alle 12:50 Gregory Guthrie ha scritto:
I don't see any windows binaries listed; are they there, elsewhere?
Not a Windows user, but if I recall correctly as today the way to install Haskell on Windows is via Chocolatey: https://www.haskell.org/platform/windows.html
Lots of Linux (=0.7% desktop market share) versions, but Windows (=78%) only source?.
In the Haskell world the numbers are reversed [1]: Linux-based developers lead the pack. There are comparatively few Windows-based devs and even fewer willing to dedicate their free time to maintain the GHC for Windows build. [1] https://taylor.fausak.me/2019/11/16/haskell-survey-results/#s1q2

Thanks - yes, but this is for Platform, not the current GHC.
Platform is several versions older than the current GHC being announced below.
I am not sure if one can update the GHC, with an older Platform installation?
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I don't see any windows binaries listed; are they there, elsewhere?
Not a Windows user, but if I recall correctly as today the way to install Haskell on Windows is via Chocolatey: https://www.haskell.org/platform/windows.html
Lots of Linux (=0.7% desktop market share) versions, but Windows (=78%) only source?.
In the Haskell world the numbers are reversed [1]: Linux-based developers lead the pack. There are comparatively few Windows-based devs and even fewer willing to dedicate their free time to maintain the GHC for Windows build. [1] https://taylor.fausak.me/2019/11/16/haskell-survey-results/#s1q2 _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list To (un)subscribe, modify options or view archives go to: http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe Only members subscribed via the mailman list are allowed to post.

Hi Gregory,
Windows 64-bit binary is here on the list [1]:
ghc-8.8.4-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
[1]: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_8_8_4.html#windows64
Regards,
Takenobu
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 9:51 PM Gregory Guthrie
I don't see any windows binaries listed; are they there, elsewhere?
Lots of Linux (=0.7% desktop market share) versions, but Windows (=78%) only source?. ---------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Haskell-Cafe
On Behalf Of haskell-cafe- On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 07:38:31PM -0400, Ben Gamari wrote: The GHC team is proud to announce the release of GHC 8.8.4. The source distribution, binary distributions, and documentation are available at
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Thank you - I didn't recognize it!! Very helpful. Can I install this and have it work with Haskell Platform, which installs 8.6.5? ---------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] [ANNOUNCE] GHC 8.8.4 is now available Hi Gregory, Windows 64-bit binary is here on the list [1]: ghc-8.8.4-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz [1]: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_8_8_4.html#windows64 Regards, Takenobu

I'm not sure about the combination of ghc 8.8.4 and haskell-platform
8.6.5 on Windows.
Perhaps, it couldn't perform.
There are several ways to use ghc 8.8.4 and packages:
* Use cabal-install for ghc 8.8.4 [1]
* Wait stackage's LTS for ghc-8.8.4 [2]
Does anyone have a better way?
[1]: https://www.haskell.org/cabal/
[2]: https://www.stackage.org/
Regards,
Takenobu
On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 12:13 PM Gregory Guthrie
Thank you - I didn't recognize it!! Very helpful.
Can I install this and have it work with Haskell Platform, which installs 8.6.5? ----------------------------------------------------------------
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Hi Gregory,
Windows 64-bit binary is here on the list [1]: ghc-8.8.4-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
[1]: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_8_8_4.html#windows64
Regards, Takenobu
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Francesco Ariis
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Gregory Guthrie
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Takenobu Tani