On 05/24/10 03:27, Don Stewart wrote: > We're modelling ourselves on gnome and ubuntu, which have well > specified timetables for developers > (and I agree we could do better to specify), while hiding that info > from downloaders. If in doubt, look at the HP wiki! > > So how do we balance the curious developers who don't want to click > through to the wiki, with the very curious, who read the wiki, and the > totally incurious, who click the first 'Download' button?
I tried to find the link to the wiki from http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/ . Is it the one labeled "Problems?"? (That's not a very good name for a link to HP-development information. The name sounds like it might lead to a boring dead-end.) > I think the best approach would be to keep the release timetable in > some pretty form linked directly > from the front page. A "Learn more about the HP" page or something, > that explains the key info: timetable, > how to add packages, who to contact for problems. I agree. There's already a "Learn more..." on that page, which currently contains: 1. overview 2. download info & links to tutorials 3. semi-detailed information about the Platform's contents, somewhat beginner-friendly but perhaps kind of tedious to wade through. Would that be a good place to add development timeline information? IMHO this is important info for anyone who develops against the HP and intends other people to use their code: to at least be aware of how ahead or behind you're coding relative to when libraries updates come out... -Isaac _______________________________________________ Haskell-platform mailing list Haskell-platform@projects.haskell.org http://projects.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-platform
