<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">I ran into the same 403 with HaskellStack.org,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">but using the "Cached" link that Google offered,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">the page that *should* be there has a link to a</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Windows 64-bit installer for stack, and stack is</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">currently installing ghc-8.8.3 for me, although it</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">warns that stack has not been tested with GHC</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">versions about 8.6.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">The irony is that I ran stack.exe from an Ubuntu 18</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">shell.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 at 15:24, José Pedro Magalhães <<a href="mailto:dreixel@gmail.com">dreixel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>I haven't used Haskell in my personal computer in a while. I decided to install it again. I used the Haskell Platform in the past, so I went for that again - and a quick Google search on "install haskell windows" brings up the HP page, so I thought I was on the right track.</div><div><br></div><div>At the HP page for Windows, I'm greeted with this:</div><div><div><img width="451" height="542" alt="image.png" src="cid:ii_k9f1b2mj0"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>In the past I'd just download an installer which would take care of things - now it seems to be more complicated. But fine, I followed the link to configure Chocolatey. That's where it starts getting really scary:</div><div><div><img width="562" height="559" alt="image.png" src="cid:ii_k9f1d7r71"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>First, I have to subscribe to a newsletter? Really? I guess this is entirely optional, but the instructions don't make it sound so. Then I have to know what powershell.exe is, use an administrative prompt, and enter scary commands in it.</div><div><br></div><div>I gave up at this stage. But going back to the HP page, it appears that even this wouldn't be enough, because I would still need to follow "the instructions at <a href="http://haskellstack.org" target="_blank">haskellstack.org</a> to install stack". The link to <a href="http://haskellstack.org" target="_blank">haskellstack.org</a> takes me to a <a href="https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/" target="_blank">403 Forbidden</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>I honestly don't want this to sound like a rant. I genuinely would like to understand why this multi-step, multi-tool, multi-website process was introduced, how it is superior to a single installer, and whether this is really the process we want newcomers to the language have to follow.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Pedro</div></div>
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