RFC: include a cabal-install executable in future GHC releases

[Daniil Frumin]

cabal-install doesn't even have to be distributed in one tar.gz with
GHC, just merely mentioning cabal-install binaries on
http://www.haskell.org/ghc/download will surely help (assuming we get
to actually have the cabal-install binaries :)

On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Gábor Lehel <glaebhoerl at gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 to this proposal. The benefits are obvious and practical: when installing
> a new GHC, it will save users the tedium of having to figure out how to
> build a cabal-install and then do so before they can install the packages
> they actually want. The drawbacks are indefinite and amorphous: the download
> is a little bit larger. So what? It further blurs the line between GHC and
> the Platform. Who does this harm? People who already have a cabal-install
> will now have a second one. What discomfort will this cause them?
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Carter Schonwald
> <carter.schonwald at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> I'd like to propose that GHC releases 7.8.1 onwards include a
>> cabal-install (aka cabal) executable, but not include the library deps of
>> cabal-install that aren't already distributed with ghc.(unless ghc should
>> have those deps baked in, which theres very very good reasons not to do.).
>>
>> currently if someone wants just a basic haskell install of the freshest
>> ghc  they have to install a ghc bindist, then do a boostrap build of
>> cabal-install by hand (if they want to actually get anything done :) ).
>>
>> This is not a human friendly situation for folks who are new to haskell
>> tooling, but want to try out haskell dev on a server style vm or the like!
>>
>> point being: It'd be great for haskell usability (and egads amounts of
>> config time, even by seasoned users) the ghc bindists / installers included
>> a cabal-install binary
>>
>> thoughts?
>> -Carter
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list
>> Glasgow-haskell-users at haskell.org
>> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list
> Glasgow-haskell-users at haskell.org
> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
>



-- 
Sincerely yours,
-- Daniil