> To reply to an earlier point of Andrew's (I can't find the quote > now, sorry), one of the biggest difficulties developers face > on Windows is the lack of common install locations/practices. > Windows software is usually distributed as a binary, which may > or may not include header files. These files may be installed > in any of numerous locations, such as C:\Program Files\, the > user's home directory, the system directory, or directly off the > drive root. Defaults are not common among different programs or > even versions of programs, and install locations are frequently > changed by users anyway. Libraries and headers are usually > not located on the PATH environment variable, and there's no > standard INCDIR or LIBDIR variable either.
If Windows lacks a sane environment, why not to provide one? I don't know how much of it mingw already provides. If it doesn't, that would be a nice Haskell project :) It could be called Windows SaneEnvironment, and include a few basic policies for packages and a package manager. When I needed Windows myself I would certainly help maintaining. It would not be hard to find others who still will. Maurício _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
