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

[Gershom B]

My vote is 4, followed by 5.

—Gershom

On September 24, 2015 at 1:43:52 PM, Michael Snoyman (michael at fpcomplete.com) wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 8:23 PM, John Wiegley wrote:
>  
> > >>>>> Michael Snoyman 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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