[Haskell] Gtk2Hs version 0.11.0 released

[Axel Simon]

Hi Bulat,

On 27.05.2010, at 20:04, Bulat Ziganshin wrote:

> Hello Axel,
>
> Thursday, May 27, 2010, 9:50:57 PM, you wrote:
>
>>> does it mean that i can just issue "cabal install gtk" with any  
>>> 6.10.*
>>> or 6.12.* version and it will be compiled automatically? overall,  
>>> can
>
>> Maybe I'm missing the point of your question, though.
>
> for example, i can't use previous gtk2hs version with ghc 6.10.4 on
> windows because there is no prebuilt library and i'm not brave enough
> to compile it myself. is it true that gtk2hs 0.11 should automatically
> compile with any ghc 6.10/6.12 on windows and we no more need prebuilt
> installers?

Yes, but you do need to install the bundle of Gtk+ libraries. I think  
compiling Gtk2Hs on Windows is not doable for the average developer  
which is a big step forwards as to where we were before.

See:

http://code.haskell.org/gtk2hs/INSTALL

Cheers,
Axel