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(e.g. I'd assumed it was for setting up a project environment, somewhat in the style of perl brew/ruby Bundler/python virtualenv etc.)\r\n\r\nThe only reference to `cabal` on the front-page is as a means to install `stack` itself.  (+ a few tangential references to the `.cabal` file.)\r\n\r\nIt might be worth clarifying with some wording along the lines of \"Stack may be used to install Haskell modules (and may be used as a replacement for cabal-install)\" ?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/comments/239426918","html_url":"https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/1816#issuecomment-239426918","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/1816","id":239426918,"user":{"login":"sjakobi","id":3664523,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3664523?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjakobi","html_url":"https://github.com/sjakobi","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjakobi/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjakobi/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjakobi/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjakobi/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjakobi/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjakobi/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjakobi/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjakobi/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sjakobi/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-08-12T11:50:49Z","updated_at":"2016-08-12T11:50:49Z","body":"Can someone help bikeshedding possible resolutions here?"}}
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