* Ivan Lazar Miljenovic <ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com> [2012-06-13 23:14:18+1000] > On 13 June 2012 23:12, Roman Cheplyaka <r...@ro-che.info> wrote: > > * Ivan Lazar Miljenovic <ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com> [2012-06-13 > > 23:02:18+1000] > >> Is it possible to add something there about _why_ this package should > >> be in the Platform rather than being a recommended package for people > >> to cabal-install if they need something like it? > > > > Is there such a justification for any platform package? > > network, OpenGL, etc. can apparently be difficult to install on > Windows due to dependence upon C libraries, so it helps to have an > all-in-one installer for them.
Point taken. However, I don't think that the main goal of the platform is to provide a Windows installer for hard-to-install libraries. -- Roman I. Cheplyaka :: http://ro-che.info/ _______________________________________________ Haskell-platform mailing list Haskell-platform@projects.haskell.org http://projects.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-platform
