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Distribution of Haskell with batteries included
We don't currently check in the unix tarball whether alex, happy, cabal-install etc. are installed and up to date. We could do that check and avoid additional work.
Before installing the Haskell Platform, I had several versions of GHC installed, each with their own associated libraries. That was more by accident than on purpose, as I had not...
Installer modes and actions should be clearly documented so that users can make informed choices regarding which options to pick. This information should be also linked to from the download...
It would be great if LLVM was included with the Haskell Platform so that the LLVM backend could be used out of the box.
It would be nice to have icons based on the new logo both for the installers and for the .hs/.lhs files. The Windows installer currently uses old GHC icons.
