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It is absolutely spreading FUD to convince new users that simple problems they have are "cabal hell" and are best solved by switching to stack. And being open
by MustardTiger 10y ago
It is absolutely spreading FUD to convince new users that simple problems they have are "cabal hell" and are best solved by switching to stack. And being open source does not make anything I said "name calling".
- Tehnix 10y agoYou sound like you have never tried to install any sizable haskell package ever... Cabal-hell was a very real problem, and an inordinate amount of time was spent by package maintainers to help people installing their packages, even on the IRC #haskell channel, cabal-hell questions would very frequently pop-up. Also, you FUD about Yesod is not true at all, they followed the PVP closely up until 1.1.0, as another commenter mentioned. Even with the PVP, you would basically have to nuke your cabal packages, or, when sandboxes finally came in cabal, you could use them. Stack completely removes some very real problems with building packages. Honestly, having read all your comments in this thread, you seem to be either a troll, or someone who clearly has no idea of the history of haskell tooling....
- MustardTiger 10y ago>You sound like you have never tried to install any sizable haskell package ever. You sound like you have never read what I posted and decided a strawman was better than replying to what I actually said. >Cabal-hell was a very real problem Nobody suggested otherwise. Tricking people into thinking normal errors are "cabal hell" does not mean cabal hell didn't exist.