cabal-install doesn't even have to be distributed in one tar.gz with GHC, just merely mentioning cabal-install binaries on http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download will surely help (assuming we get to actually have the cabal-install binaries :)
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Gábor Lehel <glaebho...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 to this proposal. The benefits are obvious and practical: when installing > a new GHC, it will save users the tedium of having to figure out how to > build a cabal-install and then do so before they can install the packages > they actually want. The drawbacks are indefinite and amorphous: the download > is a little bit larger. So what? It further blurs the line between GHC and > the Platform. Who does this harm? People who already have a cabal-install > will now have a second one. What discomfort will this cause them? > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Carter Schonwald > <carter.schonw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hey everyone, >> >> I'd like to propose that GHC releases 7.8.1 onwards include a >> cabal-install (aka cabal) executable, but not include the library deps of >> cabal-install that aren't already distributed with ghc.(unless ghc should >> have those deps baked in, which theres very very good reasons not to do.). >> >> currently if someone wants just a basic haskell install of the freshest >> ghc they have to install a ghc bindist, then do a boostrap build of >> cabal-install by hand (if they want to actually get anything done :) ). >> >> This is not a human friendly situation for folks who are new to haskell >> tooling, but want to try out haskell dev on a server style vm or the like! >> >> point being: It'd be great for haskell usability (and egads amounts of >> config time, even by seasoned users) the ghc bindists / installers included >> a cabal-install binary >> >> thoughts? >> -Carter >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list >> Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users > -- Sincerely yours, -- Daniil _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
