Cabal program in GHC HEAD

[Mitchell, Neil]

That would be a shame. Haskell Platform is meant to be the batteries -
the easy way to get a standard bundle of extra libraries. Cabal-install
is the essential tool for installing anything, a key part of the
compiler infrastructure. Either you'll have to tell everyone to install
two things, bundle cabal-install with ghc, or bundle ghc with Haskell
Platform. I personally want cabal-install, but am not too fussed about
Haskell Platform (because its not really targeted at me).

> IIUC, cabal-install, its dependencies, and the old extra-libs 
> will be part of the first release of the Haskell Platform, 
> which will come out soon (maybe 1 month) after GHC is released.
> 
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Mitchell, Neil 
> <neil.mitchell.2 at credit-suisse.com> wrote:
> > Hi Duncan,
> >
> > I have previously been very enthusiastic about advocating the 
> > inclusion of the Cabal program in GHC 6.10.1 - I still consider it 
> > essential for Windows users. However, GHC HEAD doesn't 
> currently put 
> > it in the bindist, which is what I think will end up shipping to 
> > users. Given that the release schedule is coming fast, is getting 
> > cabal.exe in for 6.10.1 still a realistic possibility?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Neil
> >
> >
> > 
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