On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Mark Lentczner <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> The OpenGL stuff is a hard one, since it is large, but a very big painful >> build if you need it. Perhaps we need server/non-server versions of the >> platform - but only if we can get them out on the same day. > > > OpenGL has always been an odd fit; it was included partly because of the > size and complexity to build, but also because it was felt that > batteries-included had to include *some* kind of graphics library. I'm > inclined to think that it doesn't really belong in the core Platform, > myself. > The words "Core Platform" makes me think there ought to be a "non-Core" platform. This would actually match the Clojure model, where there's "the stuff that's part of Clojure", "a set of recommended libraries", and "the library archive anyone can put stuff in". If the platform is going to undergo serious shrinkage, maybe the things that get pushed out - like the OpenGL stuff - should be considered for that middle category? Less rigorous testing, not bundled with the platform, but unlike all of hackage, an effort is made to insure that there's a repository where it builds on top of the "core platform"?
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