On 13 June 2012 23:35, Roman Cheplyaka <r...@ro-che.info> wrote: > * 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.
Well, it's one of the major ones. I guess my point was more "why should this library go in and not any other random library?". > > -- > Roman I. Cheplyaka :: http://ro-che.info/ -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com http://IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Haskell-platform mailing list Haskell-platform@projects.haskell.org http://projects.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-platform
