Hi Caffe,
deb packages of GHC (and Haskell Platform) in Ubuntu's (LTS Precise, 12.04)
universe are not upgrading at all.
GHC package is almost two years old, still on version 7.4.1, and GHC site still
recommends to use Haskell Platform from repository.
Even kernel is upgrading more often,
Hi vlatko,
New versions of GHC are available in newer versions of Ubuntu (12.10, 13.04
etc.). I recommend you to download, build and install Haskell-platform from
sources.
Best regards,
Danylo Lizanets
--- Original message ---
From: Vlatko Basic vlatko.ba...@gmail.com
Date: 14
Hi Danylo,
I have 7.6.3 already, but I was wondering why the repository
packages are not maintained.
12.04 is an LTS for 5 years, so I suppose many would stick to it for
a longer time.
br,
vlatko
Original Message
Because LTS must be stable. Although you can add some PPA with new versions
of packages to your software sources list.
--- Original message ---
From: Vlatko Basic vlatko.ba...@gmail.com
Date: 14 October 2013, 13:28:21
Hi Danylo,
I have 7.6.3 already, but I was wondering why the
Hi,
On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 01:28:17PM +0200, Vlatko Basic wrote:
I have 7.6.3 already, but I was wondering why the repository packages are not
maintained.
12.04 is an LTS for 5 years, so I suppose many would stick to it for a longer
time.
I added PPAs for GHC 7.6.3 recently. Feel free to
Looks like we're missing the point here. I did add the PPAs, and all
is OK for me. :-)
LTS is a stable release, and yet many other apps get updated
regulary, but GHC does not. GHC is not part of the system itself,
it's just an app, like many others are. So I
Hi Simon,
Thanks for that.
I already have it on the list, and this one:
ppa:fmarier/git-annex
with many packages already precompiled.
(if someone doesn't want cabal)
br,
vlatko
Original Message
Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] No upgrade of GHC version in Ubuntu repository
Hi,
Am Montag, den 14.10.2013, 15:34 +0200 schrieb Vlatko Basic:
Looks like we're missing the point here. I did add the PPAs, and all
is OK for me. :-)
LTS is a stable release, and yet many other apps get updated regulary,
but GHC does not. GHC is not part of the system itself, it's just an
