[Nix-dev] Haskell Platform, anyone?

2014-11-07 Thread Peter Simons
Hi guys, Haskell Platform 2014.2.0.0 has been released a while ago, and I can't help noticing that no-one seems to be in a hurry to add that to Nixpkgs. Apparently, there not much of a demand for Haskell Platform in Nix? This makes me wonder about the old HP releases that we still have: 2009.2.0.

Re: [Nix-dev] Haskell Platform, anyone?

2014-11-07 Thread Ryan Trinkle
I never use the Haskell Platform with nix, because nixpkgs.haskellPackages is already a curated package set that always seems to work together. Perhaps people transitioning projects to nix from other platforms would get some benefit out of having access to the Platform as such, but in my context (s

Re: [Nix-dev] Haskell Platform, anyone?

2014-11-08 Thread Mateusz Kowalczyk
On 11/07/2014 07:11 PM, Peter Simons wrote: > Hi guys, > > Haskell Platform 2014.2.0.0 has been released a while ago, and I can't > help noticing that no-one seems to be in a hurry to add that to Nixpkgs. > Apparently, there not much of a demand for Haskell Platform in Nix? > > This makes me wond

Re: [Nix-dev] Haskell Platform, anyone?

2014-11-08 Thread Peter Simons
I've proposed a patch at https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/4894. Peter ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev

Re: [Nix-dev] Haskell Platform, anyone?

2014-11-08 Thread Daniel Bergey
On 2014-11-07 at 19:11, Peter Simons wrote: > How do others feel about that? Do you desperately want to be able to > install Haskell Platform 2010.2.0.0 any time soon? I have no objection to removing old HP. In an ideal world, I'd would like to use Nix for continuous integration, to answer quest