Manuel M T Chakravarty
Summary ~~~~~~~ I propose to do the following:
- Prominently advertise the wiki library page at http://haskell.org/libraries/ stating that we phase out the static page in favour of the wiki page.
- Copy all useful information from the static page to the wiki.
- Decide on a layout and page structure for the libraries on the wiki. (If we want to accommodate more libraries, we probably need some subdivision of the information etc.)
- Encourage and set up freshmeat entries for at least larger projects and link them from the wiki.
I feel like there is a consensus, especially now that John has weighed in, that we probably want to transition to the wiki. Can we have a prominent link added from the libraries page, and once the wiki has all the information that the libraries page has now, we can change it to a redirect? John? Are there other action items and volunteers to make the wiki more usable for this? John Said:
c) Organization is a GOOD THING. The wiki isn't enough to keep things organized. Anyone that wants to install stuff to make library web pages more organized will get an admin account on haskell.org
We could wait to see if an organization will emerge from the wiki, and I encourage someone to start to move the content over... It could also be broken up into more than one page if the current wiki structure doesn't work for some reason. I, personally am not wedded to the layout of the wiki page, fwiw. Shae Said:
Speaking of which, here's a partial prototype (using HaskellDB and Halipeto) written by David Himmelstrup: http://www.scannedinavian.org/cgi-bin/web/webbih
I think this is super cool, and will do my very best to continue to push Cabal in a direction that supports this kind of work. Personally, I think we should use the wiki in the mean time, and wait for something like David's work to mature. By the way, I propose that the name for a CPAN-type system be "Hackage" since it starts with an "H", sounds like "Package" and has the word "hack" in it. I think Alexander Jacobson came up with this word, and has given me permission to steal it :) peace, isaac