I think the (valid) concern is that too many people are choosing
platform-specific packages when there are alternatives available
(albeit not as convenient in some cases), and this really hurts the
Windows community because Windows is so radically different from all
the other operating systems.
Not showing platform-specific packages by default *might* make package
writers more likely to develop cross-platform packages. We've heard
many times someone say, "I don't know if it works on Windows, never
really thought of that."
Regards,
John A. De Goes
N-BRAIN, Inc.
The Evolution of Collaboration
http://www.n-brain.net | 877-376-2724 x 101
On Feb 21, 2009, at 3:55 AM, Martijn van Steenbergen wrote:
Hi Neil,
Neil Mitchell wrote:
If a function isn't available on all OS's then all Hoogle would be
encouraging you to do is break compatibility and stop me from using
your software. If a function is only available on one OS you will
certainly have to deliberately choose to search for that, and it will
never show up by default.
For what shows up by default I more meant other packages. Should
Gtk2hs show up by default? What about tagsoup? What about base?
Things
like Win32 will never show up by default.
How about allowing an extra search flag +windows that reveals
windows-specific APIs? Likewise for other OS's.
Being able to enable API for a specific package requires me knowing
in what package I want to look, while an OS flag doesn't, all the
while still making very explicit I want to look for OS-specific API.
Thanks,
Martijn.
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