On 15/07/2010 21:01, Don Stewart wrote:
> Questions remain about what GUI lib to bring in, to augment the OpenGL
> suite.
>
> * gtk2hs
> * wxHaskell
>
> Both cabalized, but will hamper the ease of building from source (since
> they bring in big C lib deps).
I like gtk2hs a lot, and I've argued for its inclusion in the platform
before, but I'm now of the opinion that it's not a good enough all-round
solution to go in the platform. The Mac folks hate it, and while it
works on Windows it's not ideal there either. I don't have much
experience with wxHaskell, but I imagine the situation with that is
quite similar.
So I suggest we leave the GUI library as an add-on, but explain clearly
how people can get up and running with *some* GUI library quickly, with
pointers to instructions for their platform.
Cheers,
Simon
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