the point is: there should be some *easy* way to get/install cabal-install
binaries for those who aren't in a situation where haskell platform is
appropriate.
I generally regard haskell platform as "for students", "people with
enterprise support cycles" and "oh shit, my haskelll install is borked and
i need to get things working again right nowwwwww". I understand that
certain distros/package managers regard it as a stable substrate
(rightfully, cf my remark about support cycles).
But that doesn't preclude people from doing their own setup, and if that is
common place (as I believe it is, though i've not done a survey), having
binaries at are easy to install is a reasonable goal!
-Carter
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Ganesh Sittampalam
I think that "something" need to be done to make it easier to set up > GHC + cabal, independently of HP (unless HP becomes the "one true way" to install Haskell, which I doubt is the case).
Isn't that what this banner on http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_6_3 is supposed to signify?
"Stop!
For most users, we recommend installing the Haskell Platform instead of GHC. The current Haskell Platform release includes a recent GHC release as well as some other tools (such as cabal), and a larger set of libraries that are known to work together."
For the people who want GHC to include cabal-install, what are the obstacles to using the Haskell Platform instead?
One possibility I can see is disk space. The other reason, raised by Carter at the start of this thread, is wanting to use the freshest GHC.
Cheers,
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