== Source Code ==

The current Windows installer is based on NSIS. Source code can be found at

    http://github.com/23Skidoo/haskell-platform-windows

Pre-release versions of the Windows installer are uploaded to

    http://code.haskell.org/~refold

== Known Issues ==

As of version 2012.4.0.0:

    * No shared versions of the OpenGL and GLUT libraries since OpenGL fails to build with `--enable-shared`.
    
    * No documentation for the GLUT library. Haddock fails on it for some reason.

    * cabal.exe does not work on Windows 2000 and below (see
      [http://trac.haskell.org/network/ticket/5 this network ticket] and [ticket:101 this HP ticket]).

    * The upgrading issue wasn't given much thought, so you're advised to
      delete the previous Haskell Platform installation before using this
      installer. OTOH, our behaviour is no worse than that of the existing GHC
      installer.

    * The installer should work with restricted user accounts, but it has not been
      tested much. The "just unpack" option should
      be safe, however, since it doesn't do anything fancy.

== Impact ==

For the 2009.2.0 release, we had 1500 (exactly) downloads of the windows installer, from May 5 - May 9.


== For Developers ==

[http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Windows+installer&order=priority Windows Installer Tasks]

In the future, we will likely make use of Sigbjorn Finne's [http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/bamse BAMSE] work.

    BAMSE is a MSI package creator. It has the ability to specify if you
    want to provide support for installing your Cabal package after
    having unpacked it, i.e., it is assumed that you are shipping a
    pre-built version of the package with the MSI.