<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 2, 2022 at 9:51 PM Tom Ellis <<a href="mailto:tom-lists-haskell-cafe-2017@jaguarpaw.co.uk">tom-lists-haskell-cafe-2017@jaguarpaw.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The Haskell.org committee is considering removing the "alternative<br>
installation options" section from the [downloads page of<br>
<a href="http://haskell.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">haskell.org</a>](<a href="https://www.haskell.org/downloads/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.haskell.org/downloads/</a>) and we seek the<br>
opinion of the community. If you would like to share your opinion we<br>
prefer that you do so [on the <a href="http://haskell.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">haskell.org</a> issue<br>
tracker](<a href="https://github.com/haskell-infra/www.haskell.org/issues/170" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/haskell-infra/www.haskell.org/issues/170</a>),<br>
but failing that, in this email thread is fine too.<br>
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### Background<br>
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The [downloads page of<br>
<a href="http://haskell.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">haskell.org</a>](<a href="https://www.haskell.org/downloads/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.haskell.org/downloads/</a>) suggests using ghcup<br>
and stack to obtain a toolchain. These two tools are widely used in<br>
the community, actively maintained and kept up-to-date. The page also<br>
provides a number of "alternative installation options" (see below, or<br>
on the page itself, for the list).<br></blockquote><div><br></div>Huh, why does this page say<br><br>> To install stack, follow the instructions here (N.B. stack does not support FreeBSD)</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">?</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Stack works on FreeBSD just fine for a long time.<br></div></div>