[email protected] (Trent W. Buck) writes: >> I think it is important there be a single apt command to get >> "Haskell".
> Why? I think it is important to point out that the Haskell platform metapackage is for developers, rather than users. The Haskell platform has the benefit of: a) providing a developer with a reasonably complete environment with libraries for a range of applications. c) helping developers to select which library to use for specific functionality. b) encouraging developers to stick to this set of libraries (and versions), minimizing the set of dependencies for a large set of applications, and making it more likely that a program will be portable between platforms. > Similarly, if I was building a package that wasn't get apt-get > sourceable, I would > > ghc --make Setup > ./Setup configure But it'd be nice if as many packages as possible would work out of the box after installing just the Haskell platform, no? Especially if that was apt-gettable. -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
