leather: > 1. Why can't the platform download site be hosted on www.haskell.org instead > of > hackage.haskell.org? I see that there's a redirect, but (imho) it would be > ideal to have www.haskell.org/platform be the standard URL in my browser. It > is > easier to remember (for typing) and more obvious (for appearances).
It's a different server that we have better physical access to (i.e. I can check the logs). > 2. What is the difference between "Haskell" and the "Haskell Platform"? I see > one or the other in various places. To get from www.haskell.org to downloading > the Mac software, I go through "Download Haskell," "Get the Haskell Platform > > Mac," and "Download Haskell for Mac OS X (intel)." > > 3. By looking at http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/mac.html , I have no idea > what I'm going to get when I click the "Download Haskell for Mac OS X (intel)" > link. It would be nice to know what I'm getting myself into before I commit to > waiting for this 137.9 MB file. Thanks to the wonder of deep links, one can > also not be expected to traverse the path that I did in #2. Similarly, if I > come to this link directly, I have no easy way of navigating to try to figure > out what "Haskell" or "GHC" is. > > 4. The current link for the Mac image points to http://hackage.haskell.org/ > platform/2010.1.0.0/haskell-platform-2010.1.0.1-i386.dmg . Note the > inconsistency between the version in the directory and file names. > > 5. The directions on http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/mac.html say: > > After downloading: > * Open the .dmg file > * Follow the install instructions > > I see no "install instructions" in the .dmg file. I only see the following > files: > * GHC-6.12.1-i386.pkg > * Haskell Platform 2010.1.0.1.pkg > * Uninstall GHC > > 6. Since there are no "install instructions," I am not sure which .pkg to > install first. Of course, fix #3 and you hopefully fix this one. > > 7. Why can't I have a single .pkg file? Why do I have an "Uninstall GHC" and > not an "Uninstall Haskell Platform"? > > -- > > I don't expect all of the above to necessarily have a direct solution. They > are > just my observations to share. Some of them are from the point of view of a > newcomer, and some are from a perfectionist. > Thanks! I'm about to hop on a plane, but here's the darcs repo for the download website, if you want to address some of the issues -- e.g. return navigation links. http://code.haskell.org/haskell-platform I'd love patches and improvements to address the concerns above. -- Don _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
