That post is by David Sankel (camior on #haskell), not by me. My last name has two "t"s.
Good luck, - Conal (Elliott) On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Greg Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > $ cabal install OpenGL > > HOpenGL installs easily with cabal-install, but most HOpenGL examples > and tutorials also use GLUT, which is not so painless on Windows. > Luckily Conal Elliot just recently posted detailed instructions of how > to do it: > > http://netsuperbrain.com/blog/posts/freeglut-windows-hopengl-hglut/ > > -Greg > > > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Don Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ninegua: > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> It's sad to see the OpenGL binding being dropped from GHC binary > >> installers starting from 6.10. Though this issue has been brought up > >> and discussed before, I'm sure a lot of people who based their work on > >> OpenGL would share the same sympathy. > > > > $ cabal install OpenGL > > > >> I'm not here to argue whether this decision by GHC dev team is right > >> or wrong, but what's really causing the pain is that the OpenGL > >> binding doesn't have its own binary installer for Windows, and > >> compilation from source on this platform is non-trivial. I wouldn't > >> recommend doing it for ordinary users. > > > >> So my question is, are we going to see a binary installer for OpenGL > >> binding provided separately from either HOpenGL site, or Hackage? Or > >> even the GHC installation page? > > > > This would be a job for the Windows distribution team to sort out. > > Each other distro addresses the native packaging problem by developing > > packages, and what is needed for a similar team for Windows, to provide > > Windows packages. > > > > -- Don > > _______________________________________________ > > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >
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