Re: 2013.4.0.0 proposal - getting to alpha

Hurt, no; but it will make it inconsistent across platforms (as Linux distros typically just have meta-packages for the Platform, rather than an installer that can do this). On 26 November 2013 17:16, Mikhail Glushenkov wrote:

Hi,

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic wrote:

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On 26 November 2013 15:46, Mikhail Glushenkov wrote:

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[...] The installer can run `ghc-pkg hide Cabal-1.16` as the final step, so the user will never even see the extra copy of Cabal.

Is this necessary?

Well, hiding Cabal-1.16 certainly can't hurt, can it?

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