hasufell/ghcup-hs
1
1
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Releases Wiki Activity

Update README

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Julian Ospald 2021-07-29 22:40:35 +02:00
parent 844b4decab
commit f12a2b3821
Signed by: hasufell
GPG Key ID: 3786C5262ECB4A3F
1 changed files with 15 additions and 15 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

30
README.md
View File

@ -260,7 +260,21 @@ Windows 7 and Powershell 2.0 aren't well supported at the moment, also see:
GHCup is not a reimplementation of stack. The only common part is automatic installation of GHC,
but even that differs in scope and design.
### Why does ghcup now use stack code?
### Why should I use ghcup over stack?
GHCup is not a replacement for stack. Instead, it supports installing and managing stack versions.
It does the same for cabal, GHC and HLS. As such, It doesn't make a workflow choice for you.
### Why should I let ghcup manage stack?
You don't need to. However, some users seem to prefer to have a central tool that manages cabal and stack
at the same time. Additionally, it can allow better sharing of GHC installation across these tools.
Also see:
* https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/yaml_configuration/#system-ghc
* https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/pull/5585
### Why does ghcup not use stack code?
Oddly, this question has been asked a couple of times. For the curious, here are a few reasons:
@ -301,20 +315,6 @@ Take `curl` and `wget` as an example.
How bad do we need this?
### Why should I use ghcup over stack?
GHCup is not a replacement for stack. Instead, it supports installing and managing stack versions.
It does the same for cabal, GHC and HLS. As such, It doesn't make a workflow choice for you.
### Why should I let ghcup manage stack?
You don't need to. However, some users seem to prefer to have a central tool that manages cabal and stack
at the same time. Additionally, it can allow better sharing of GHC installation across these tools.
Also see:
* https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/yaml_configuration/#system-ghc
* https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/pull/5585
### Why not support windows?
Windows is supported since GHCup version 0.1.15.1.