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

[Randy Polen]

If "Minimal" means "MinGHC" and if MinGHC, on Windows
installations, puts the MSys2 tools onto the user's PATH, which is
harmful, then the Minimal will not be "doing the least harm" for
some users.

So, if my "ifs" above are correct, is it possible to change
minGHC before using it as the "Minimal" to address the PATH
issue? (Apologies if I am out of date on any of these questions
implied by my "ifs", and thanks for any clarifications.)

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> From: johnw at newartisans.com
> To: michael at fpcomplete.com
> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 10:23:04 -0700
> CC: haskell-community at haskell.org
> Subject: Re: [Haskell-community] Request for comment: New haskell.org download page
>
>>>>>> 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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