On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 08:26 +0000, Neil Mitchell wrote: > Hi > > > GHC doesn't bundle with cabal-install on any system. > > > > What is needed is not for the GHC team to be doing Windows platform > > packages, but for the Windows Haskell devs to build their own system, as > > happens on all the Unices. > > > > Take GHC's release, wrap it up with native installers, throw in useful > > libraries and executables like cabal. Done. > > GHC already takes the GHC release, bundles it up with a native > installer, and then throws in useful executables like gcc. It just > stops one hop short of "done". Windows is special, we already treat > Windows special, but currently its just short of useable.
Right, that's the job the platform will take on. > Duncan: Saying cabal.exe isn't mature enough to go in 6.10 is a > perfect reason, but one that you never gave at the time. If it isn't > ready, then that's fine. But if thats the case, will it be in 6.12, or > will the standard Windows instructions involve hunting around > haskell.org for a prebuild Cabal.exe? It'll be in the first platform release which will be well before ghc 6.12. BTW, I think I've been missing your advice and cajoling about Windows platforms. It's been rather quiet recently. Duncan _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe