Re: [Haskell-cafe] No upgrade of GHC version in Ubuntu repository

2013-10-14 Thread Joachim Breitner
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 jus

Re: [Haskell-cafe] No upgrade of GHC version in Ubuntu repository

2013-10-14 Thread Vlatko Basic
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 repos

Re: [Haskell-cafe] No upgrade of GHC version in Ubuntu repository

2013-10-14 Thread Vlatko Basic
are. So I expected it to be updated regularly, as other do. This way it looks like it is abandoned... Original Message Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] No upgrade of GHC version in Ubuntu repository From: Lizan

Re: [Haskell-cafe] No upgrade of GHC version in Ubuntu repository

2013-10-14 Thread Simon Hengel
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 t

Re: [Haskell-cafe] No upgrade of GHC version in Ubuntu repository

2013-10-14 Thread Lizanets Danylo
ondering 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 Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] No upgrade of GHC version in Ubuntu repository From: Lizanets Danylo

Re: [Haskell-cafe] No upgrade of GHC version in Ubuntu repository

2013-10-14 Thread Vlatko Basic
Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] No upgrade of GHC version in Ubuntu repository From: Lizanets Danylo To: vlatko.ba...@gmail.com Cc: haskell-cafe@haskell.org Date: 14.10.2013 12:40 Hi vlatko

Re: [Haskell-cafe] No upgrade of GHC version in Ubuntu repository

2013-10-14 Thread Lizanets Danylo
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 Oc

[Haskell-cafe] No upgrade of GHC version in Ubuntu repository

2013-10-14 Thread Vlatko Basic
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,