Not very easy to start with

[oscarvarto]

Hi!

I have tried to compile the project both on Mac OSX and Ubuntu 17.04 but have found compile errors in the process. I am interested in Haskell and exploiting the algebraic structure of learning models, but as a haskell beginner, I still don't have the experience to sort cabal/stack/build problems.

Could you please provide some (additional) help in the README to compile the project? Giving some guidance for cabal, stack and the build process could be very helpful.

I think some of the trouble is because HLearn depends on old software. For example,

• https://github.com/mikeizbicki/HLearn/blob/master/install/ubuntu-precise.sh is using llvm-3.5.
• Ubuntu precise is reaching its "End of life" https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Thanks in advance.

[madjestic]

I had a similar issue with HLearn: rather conservative dependencies. For an experimental library, it sort of makes sense to keep dependencies locked to guarantee that it does not fail because of changed dependencies...