This is a really obnoxious decision, and has actually resulted in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail not having a haskell-platform package, because the raring package for GHC doesn't work with the previous or current version of the Haskell Platform.
The dev deleted the entire haskell-platform package in April, saying that a new "platform" package wasn't ready, but it is now, and that doesn't work with the currently packaged version of GHC: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/i386/haskell-platform http://www.haskell.org/platform/linux.html Ubuntu 13.04 users are now in the awkward situation of either not getting to use this, or having to build it from source. Because of the compiler mis-match, though, the devs are forcing users to download and compile a new version of the compiler manually, and then download and compile the haskell-platform manually. http://askubuntu.com/a/316465/50942 This is pretty terrible, and is only going to lead to massive confusion and broken Haskell installs. ** Summary changed: - version numbers + haskell-platform & GHC out-of-sync & versioning -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1047678 Title: haskell-platform & GHC out-of-sync & versioning To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haskell-platform/+bug/1047678/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
