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

[Gershom B]

My understanding is that minghc now provides a switcher script, and so does not stomp on a user’s path, but does require running a switcher before full access to the environment is provided.

So that’s not an ideal situation, but certainly tolerable for the moment, and a marked improvement from the issues there before.

—gershom


On September 24, 2015 at 11:00:19 PM, Randy Polen (randyhaskell at outlook.com) wrote:
> 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 (Apologies if I am out of date on any of these questions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.)
>  
> ----------------------------------------
> > 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 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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