Let's also not forget that the Haskell Platform is `the way` to setup Haskell on Windows, since it doesn't have a package manager.
On Friday, January 24, 2014 12:24:17 PM UTC+11, Gabriel Gonzalez wrote: > > The Haskell Platform is just one argument I'm making in favor of > shedding `void`. The benefit of supporting `void` is so negligible that > I feel that each argument I made alone is enough to justify dropping the > dependency. > > Yes, I support the Haskell Platform because it is an excellent way to > mitigate dependency hell without reinstalling every library from scratch > for every project's sandbox. I also develop without any difficulty on > Debian Stable using the Haskell Platform provided by the package manager. > > On 01/24/2014 05:46 AM, Andrew Cowie wrote: > > On Thu, 2014-01-23 at 17:04 +0700, Gabriel Gonzalez wrote: > > > >> * I would like `pipes` to eventually get into the Haskell Platform. > > I wonder if you're not artificially restricting yourself by that desire. > > Haskell Platform seems a nice idea in theory, but in practice no one > > appears to use it. After all, who can restrict themselves to only > > packages in that ancient subset? It's like trying to do anything on > > Debian Stable. > > > > If hackage went away and Haskell Platform was "Haskell" with frequent > > releases then the world would be a better place. But that ain't about to > > happen, so HP becomes a curiosity perhaps of interest to technology > > historians when drawing up footnotes for a paper on failed software > > management ideas. > > > > Or so it appears from the peanut gallery. > > > > AfC > > Sydney > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Haskell Pipes" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
