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

[Richard Eisenberg]

I'll vote for #4 from this list, looking forward to a time when HP and Stack are the same option. (At which point it might be better than Minimal.)

On Sep 24, 2015, at 1:23 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
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