Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
One thing the Haskell community currently lacks, and could really do with, is a simple way to for people who have a library to add it to //www.haskell.org/libraries/ (or somewhere similar), without requiring intervention by the web-site manager. All that's needed is a web form where the contributor can fill in the name of her library, type comments about it, and point to the download.
Doubtless there is scope for endless potential sophistication... adding a new version of an old library, a decent way to categorise libraries under headings that aren't just hardwired, some way of filtering ("show me the ones that are nhc-compatible"), ways for library consumers to record star-ratings and reviews so that excellent libraries are visibly rewarded, etc.
I'd just like to mention that last academic year I had a project student building such a system. Although the result is nice (it provides even some of the sophisticated features Simon mentions), I'm not happy enough with it to use it. This is partially because of the limited Haskell knowledge the student had, but mostly because the whole thing is based on WASH. From this project I learned that WASH is a large and complex library; it automatically includes lots of stuff you may not want (I don't want JavaScript in the pages); it has a number of problems, especially with preserving state; and it is changing quickly. The last point is good in that a number of problems disappeared within the year, but on the other hand the continously changing API also requires you to change your WASH application all the time. Ciao, Olaf