Interesting idea. -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Simon Marlow <marlo...@gmail.com> > To: glasgow-haskell-us...@haskell.org > <glasgow-haskell-us...@haskell.org> > Subject: Job for someone: make a VM image for GHC development > Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:57:11 +0100 > > I forget who mentioned this to me, but I think it's a great idea. > > Things like VirtualBox and VMWare are pretty easy to install and set up > these days. It wouldn't be hard for someone to create a VM image of a > Linux system with a complete GHC development environment set up and > ready to go. > > This would have a lot of benefits: > > * Easy to buy into: just install VirtualBox (or whatever), download > the image, register it and away you go. > > * Would make the barrier to entry much lower for someone who wants > to make a small change, e.g. to the docs, or a library. validate > and 'darcs send' would Just Work. > > * Would serve as an example of best-practice in setting up a GHC > development environment. > > The hard part might be optimising the install so that we don't end up > with an enormous image file. We'd probably need to find a suitably > minimal Linux install, or start from an existing minimal Linux VM image. > > Anyone feeling keen? > > Cheers, > Simon > _______________________________________________ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > glasgow-haskell-us...@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
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