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[Jason Dagit]

That's a good option that didn't occur to me.

On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 10:05 PM, Adam Foltzer <acfoltzer at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1
>
> Since the HP Minimal fits such a similar niche, perhaps we could adapt the
> existing minimal installer language in-place to point to HP Minimal, rather
> than removing it. Then we could modify the existing HP section in-place to
> clarify that it refers to HP Full.
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:50 PM, Jason Dagit <dagitj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I just realized that the Minimal installer listed first on the Downloads
>> page (https://www.haskell.org/downloads) is deprecated and "dead". This
>> creates an unfortunate situation where our top suggested way to get haskell
>> immediately tells the user it's dead.
>>
>> I think that we should remove mention of the minimal installer ASAP on
>> the grounds that the HP now comes in minimal and full variants.
>>
>> Furthermore, I would like to make the recommendation that we list the HP
>> above other methods as even the minimal HP installer ships with stack (at
>> least on windows it does).
>>
>> Between the two changes, I think the first one is crucial and the second
>> one is merely reasonable.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>
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