Windows installer 2012.4.0.0 RC1

[Jason Dagit]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Mikhail Glushenkov <
the.dead.shall.rise at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've uploaded the first 2012.4.0.0 release candidate installer to
>
> http://code.haskell.org/~refold/HaskellPlatform-2012.4.0.0-rc1-setup.exe


Does this install the 32bit or 64bit version of GHC? For that matter, I
can't find where it's documented which version of GHC you're shipping.
64bit only applies to 7.6.1 and newer. I'm guessing you're not shipping the
64bit as it doesn't seem to be capable of linking reliably yet:
  * http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7134
  * http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7357
  * http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7329
  * etc...


>
> MD5: 7237edab54e4984f4226eedc32c04ffa
> SHA1: 61e331b7f2ad6dd4a9bbc0295d40e719bf610207
>
> What's new in 2012.4.0.0 RC1:
>
>    * All libraries (except OpenGL and GLUT) are now built with
> --enable-shared
>

I don't recall hearing about this. OpenGL and GLUT now have bug trackers if
you'd like to register a bug, although I think the HP is using outdated
versions of those packages:
  * https://github.com/haskell-opengl/OpenGL/issues
  * https://github.com/haskell-opengl/GLUT/issues


>    * All libraries are now built with --enable-split-objs
>    * opt and llc are now included, so -fllvm works out of the box
>    * $PLATFORMDIR/mingw/bin is appended to $PATH (#212)
>    * glut32.dll is now included (#166)
>

When testing with the 64bit version of GHC on windows I've been unable to
get ghc to recognize glut32.dll. Something to keep in mind when the 64bit
support is working better. It's also a package I'd like to deprecate in
favor of GLFW-b (no official word on that yet though).


>    * A warning is shown when the installer is run as a non-admin (#62)
>
> Known issues:
>
>    See http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/wiki/Windows


One of the listed issues: No documentation for the GLUT library. Haddock
fails on it for some reason.

I received a patch for that today and it's already been applied, but that
version is not on hackage yet.


>
> Unless someone finds serious bugs in this RC, it can be released unchanged.
>
> Enjoy!
>
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