[Haskell] Haskell on Windows instructions - is MinGHC version update needed?

[Michael Snoyman]

Just weighing in from the LTS side (and I guess MinGHC as well): having a
link to 7.8.4 is definitely the right thing to do. LTS 2 will not compile
with GHC 7.10 (see: https://github.com/fpco/stackage/issues/378 for more
information).

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 2:45 AM Tamar Christina <lonetiger at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi Howard,
>
> Ah, I was under the impression that there would be a download link from
> the LTS section on the download page.
>
> Since there isn’t one I have updated the pull request with a section for
> Haskell LTS which provides links to 7.8.4.
>
> It will look like
> https://github.com/Mistuke/hl/blob/update-windows-download-pages/static/markdown/windows-install.md
>
> Regards,
> Tamar
>
> *From:* Howard B. Golden <howard_b_golden at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* ‎Thursday‎, ‎April‎ ‎16‎, ‎2015 ‎01‎:‎11
> *To:* Tamar Christina <lonetiger at gmail.com>, Simon Peyton Jones
> <simonpj at microsoft.com>, Tamar Christina <tamar at zhox.com>, Roman Kuznetsov
> <kuznero at gmail.com>, kyra <kyrab at mail.ru>, Darren Grant
> <dedgrant at gmail.com>, David Macek <david.macek.0 at gmail.com>, Michael
> Steele <mikesteele81 at gmail.com>, Andrew Klingenberg
> <asklingenberg at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* GHC <ghc-devs at haskell.org>
>
> Hi Windows Task Force,
>
> Rather than pointing to just the latest 7.10.1 release, please consider
> having 7.10.1 and 7.8.4 links (and others if you wish). Haskell LTS 2.3 is
> designed for GHC-7.8.4. It seems to me that many Windows users would find
> that an attractive combination in addition to 7.10.1.
>
> Howard
> ________________________________
> From: Tamar Christina <lonetiger at gmail.com>
> To: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>; Tamar Christina <
> tamar at zhox.com>; Roman Kuznetsov <kuznero at gmail.com>; Kyrill Briantsev <
> kyrab at mail.ru>; Darren Grant <dedgrant at gmail.com>; David Macek <
> david.macek.0 at gmail.com>; Michael Steele <mikesteele81 at gmail.com>; Andrew
> Klingenberg <asklingenberg at gmail.com>
> Cc: GHC <ghc-devs at haskell.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 3:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Haskell] Haskell on Windows instructions - is MinGHC version
> update needed?
>
>
>
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> I have created a pull request to update the download links to 7.10.1
> releases.
>
> https://github.com/haskell-infra/hl/pull/106
>
> Regards,
> Tamar
>
>
> From: Simon Peyton Jones
> Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎15‎, ‎2015 ‎22‎:‎10
> To: Tamar Christina, Roman Kuznetsov, Kyrill Briantsev, Darren Grant,
> David Macek, Michael Steele, Andrew Klingenberg
> Cc: GHC
>
>
>
> Fwding to the GHC Windows Task force, who will doubtless know what to do.
>
> Simon
>
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: Haskell [mailto:haskell-bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf Of Howard
> B.
> | Golden
> | Sent: 15 April 2015 17:51
> | To: haskell at haskell.org
> | Subject: [Haskell] Haskell on Windows instructions - is MinGHC version
> | update needed?
> |
> | Hi,
> |
> | Currently, the Haskell website's Windows download page
> | (https://www.haskell.org/downloads/windows) offers two alternatives,
> | MinGHC and Haskell Platform. The MinGHC alternative has a link to MinGHC-
> | 7.8.3 installer. Should this be updated to MinGHC-7.8.4? I ask this
> | because Long Term Support Haskell 2.3 is now using GHC 7.8.4. If you want
> | to update the link, you only need to change the URL from 7.8.3 to 7.8.4.
> |
> | Howard
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