[Haskell-community] Request for comment: New haskell.org download page

[Michael Snoyman]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 8:23 PM, John Wiegley <johnw at newartisans.com> wrote:

> >>>>> Michael Snoyman <michael at fpcomplete.com> writes:
>
> > Secondly, I'd like to make clear what I think the goal for the downloads
> > page should be: new users. Experienced Haskellers are unlikely to even
> visit
> > this downloads page, and are likely well aware of the situation around
> > tooling to make an informed decision regardless of what this page says.
> I'd
> > like us to constrain discussion to "what's best for a new user." I
> haven't
> > heard anyone object to this idea before.
>
> I couldn't agree more, Michael. The new user is first in my mind with all
> of
> this.
>
> Perhaps we need a poll. So far the presented options are:
>
>     1. HP       Stack    Minimal
>     2. Stack    HP       Minimal
>     3. Stack    Minimal  HP
>     4. Minimal  HP       Stack
>     5. Minimal  Stack    HP
>
> I'll open voting at the current state, choosing #4. My reason is that HP
> and
> Stack will soon merge, and I'm willing to put Minimal first based on
> Christopher's and Gershom's arguments.
>
> Further, the reason HP is staying on the list for now is that I'd prefer
> not
> to conflate issues. I'm happy to start a new discussion, recommending to
> the
> committee that we remove HP, if others wish to.
>
> John
>

3 > 5 > 2 > 4 > 1

(checks next email)

Huh, exact same as Chris ;)

Michael
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