@@ -16,23 +16,11 @@ The platform distribution and tooling are more intended instead for those wishin
1616
1717DISTRIBUTION
1818------------
19- The platform comes in several forms:
19+ Again: If you want to install the haskell platform, this is NOT the right location. You can download prebuilt installers for most systems from
2020
21- *source repo* - This is the source of the system that builds the platform. It
22- includes the file that defines the versions of GHC and other packages that make
23- up the platform. You can use this to build the platform from just a GHC bindist.
21+ https://www.haskell.org/platform/
2422
25- You can check out the official release from github:
26- http://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform
27- The master branch is always stable, and releases are tagged like "2014.2.0.0".
28- Development usually happens in other branches.
29-
30- *source tarball* - This is a specially packaged version of the repo that
31- includes the sources of the packages that make up the platform, and excludes
32- some of the ancillary things in the source repo. You can use this to build
33- the platform without access to hackage or even an internet connection. You still
34- need a GHC bindist, as well as cabal and stack binaries, either built from source or
35- available from their respective websites.
23+ From there you can get the following:
3624
3725*installer* - For Windows and OS X, the platform is distributed as a standard
3826installer for the operating system. It contains a fully built version of the
@@ -51,6 +39,32 @@ against standard versions of the common system libraries, and if your system
5139has those, you can generally just unpack this tarball, and run a script to
5240get it setup.
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42+ DISTRIBUTION OF TOOLKIT FOR BUILDING INSTALLERS
43+ ------------
44+
45+ If you really want to get the toolkit to build your _own_ platform installer, then you're in the right spot.
46+
47+ The platform installer toolkit comes in several forms:
48+
49+ *source tarball* - This is a specially packaged version of the repo that
50+ includes the sources of the packages that make up the platform, and excludes
51+ some of the ancillary things in the source repo. You can use this to build
52+ the platform without access to hackage or even an internet connection. You still
53+ need a GHC bindist, as well as cabal and stack binaries, either built from source or
54+ available from their respective websites.
55+
56+ This is also available from https://www.haskell.org/platform/
57+
58+ *source repo* - This is the source of the system that builds the platform. It
59+ includes the file that defines the versions of GHC and other packages that make
60+ up the platform. You can use this to build the platform from just a GHC bindist.
61+
62+ You can check out the official release from github:
63+ http://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform
64+
65+ The master branch is always stable, and releases are tagged like "2014.2.0.0".
66+ Development usually happens in other branches.
67+
5468
5569REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING
5670-------------------------
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