On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Don Stewart <d...@galois.com> wrote:
> cpatti: > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Don Stewart <d...@galois.com> wrote: > > > > The following comments about the Haskell Platform appeared in the > > State of Haskell survey. > > > > http://www.johantibell.com/files/state-of-haskell-2010.html > > > > * I also think Haskell platform isn't getting enough push. People > still > > think to try Haskell means install ghc. It doesn't help that both > > haskell platform and ghc in various linux distro as well as > MacPorts > > gets lagged behind badly. > > > > > > ... > > > > * The Macport's portfile is outdated for the haskell platform, and > it is > > still at 2009.2.0.2 > > > > ... > > > > * Also, the multi-platform issue is a big stopper for me. I'm > developing > > on Linux and Windows, maybe on Mac. Mac supports is simply broken, > > Haskell platform does not install. On Windows, many packages > relying on > > C libraries simply do not work. On Linux, Ubuntu does not have > official > > up to date packages > > programming life much simpler. > > > > > > > > It's worse than that. The current Haskell-Platform doesn't build at > *all* on > > current MacOS version. This has percolated downstream to packaging > systems > > like Homebrew, and leaves people like me who would love to try their hand > at > > Haskell either giving up, or grudgingly downloading the binary release > (which > > thankfully works). > > > > A bug has been filed on this, but it seems like noone has the time to fix > it: > > http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/ticket/34 > > Surely the binary installer works. Are you specifically talking about > MacPorts? > > -- Don > The binary installer does work, however, the generic source tarball does not. This has caused the Homebrew formula to fail, and while I haven't checked, wouldn't be surprised if it's the cause of the Macports breakage as well. -Chris -- Christopher Patti - Geek At Large | GTalk: cpa...@gmail.com | AIM: chrisfeohpatti | P: (260) 54PATTI "Technology challenges art, art inspires technology." - John Lasseter, Pixar
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