Stack.tex

\begin{hcarentry}{(The Stack build tool)}
\report{Emanuel Borsboom}
\status{stable}
\label{stack}
\makeheader

Stack is a modern, cross-platform build tool for Haskell code. It is intended for
Haskellers both new and experienced.

Stack handles the management of your toolchain (including GHC — the Glasgow
Haskell Compiler — and, for Windows users, MSYS), building and registering
libraries, building build tool dependencies, and more. While it can use existing
tools on your system, Stack has the capacity to be your one-stop shop for all
Haskell tooling you need.

The primary design point is reproducible builds. If you run \texttt{stack build}
today, you should get the same result running \texttt{stack build} tomorrow.
There are some cases that can break that rule (changes in your operating system
configuration, for example), but, overall, Stack follows this design philosophy
closely. To make this a simple process, Stack uses curated package sets called
snapshots.

Stack has also been designed from the ground up to be user friendly, with an
intuitive, discoverable command line interface.

Since its first release in June 2015, many people are using it as their primary
Haskell build tool, both commercially and as hobbyists. New features and
refinements are continually being added, with regular new releases.

Binaries and installers/packages are available for common operating systems to
make it easy to get started. Download it at \url{http://haskellstack.org/}.

\FurtherReading
  \url{http://haskellstack.org/}
\end{hcarentry}