Do we have a plan for offering Haskell Platform packaging via MacPorts or Homebrew? Some users regard these systems as Linux users regard their distribution's package manager: they should be used if at all possible. To quote a friend of mine,
> Also, the page should (if it doesn't) address the use of package managers. > My default behavior would be `sudo port install ghc` and/or `sudo port > install haskell-platform` assuming they are fairly up-to-date (they > are). I generally seek a reason to break from my habits when looking > at such pages. If haskell.org want people to download installers from > their site instead of their own package manager, they should provide > rationale. It seems that Macports[1] port exists and appears to be maintained. The Homebrew situation is a bit unfortunate: there used to be a package but maintenance difficulties caused it to be dropped [2]. There has been user interest in resolving this [3] but no one has stepped up to do so. It sounds like the easiest way forward would be to write a formula with homebrew-binary but sadly I lack a Mac with which to undertake this endeavor. Cheers, - Ben [1] https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/devel/haskell-platform/Portfile [2] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/31609 [3] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/32283 [4] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/31609#issuecomment-54891564
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