On haskell.org, the 2011.4.0.0 version is shown as the current stable release - but the most recent download link is for the 2011.2.0.0 version.
This is bugging me a little because the documentation in the 2011.2 Haskell Platform download for Windows is broken - there's at least one bug report about this already. There's online documentation, but it's (1) online, where I need something I can read on an old no-internet laptop, and (2) I assume for the most recent version, and therefore it potentially misleading.
I already fixed the "online" side - sorry, I know slurping a whole site is evil but I had little choice. The fact that the docs relate to a version of the platform that I can't access remains. I just have to hope that the changes are few and won't affect me.
Extra annoying - there's no mention of why 2011.4 is missing from the Windows download page - no "temporarily delayed" or "skipped due to an awkward technical issue" or "not enough Windows developers volunteering". For all I know, it could just be an oversight updating haskell.org itself, but I think that's unlikely.
So... what's the situation with the Haskell Platform on Windows? - both WRT my specific bit of whinging and whining, and in general?
Is Windows a low priority niche from the Haskell POV? If I intend to take Haskell more seriously, do I need to make Linux or some other *nix my primary OS?
Please say no - I've been an on-and-off Linux user for around 10 years, with the most recent 2 years on ending around May this year. For all the pros, the cons of endless graphics card driver issues, awkward configuration hassles and so on have defeated me yet again.
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