Landing pages and help for the HP
http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/new/ Has two new changes: * Per-platform "landing" pages, where we can describe the packages for each system: + http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/new/mac.html + http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/new/windows.html + http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/new/linux.html And the "Help" link, which goes to a wiki where we can document any issues, as well as suggesting tutorials and so forth. If you maintain one of the installers, patches can be made to the landing pages via the markdown files in the darcs repo: darcs get http://code.haskell.org/haskell-platform/ in the download-website/new/ directory. Also, you can improve the installation instructions on the wiki pages: http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Haskell_Platform Thanks everyone so far for the feedback.
On 03/21/10 04:21, Don Stewart wrote:
Needs to say this .dmg is also only for Intel macs. True, 10.6 doesn't run on PPC, but 10.5 does. Also, on my Firefox, the front-page text is quite overlapping now (and it wasn't for me in the original iteration!) -Isaac
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On 03/21/10 04:21, Don Stewart wrote:
Needs to say this .dmg is also only for Intel macs. True, 10.6 doesn't run on PPC, but 10.5 does.
Also, on my Firefox, the front-page text is quite overlapping now (and it wasn't for me in the original iteration!)
Can you check again -- refresh to reload the style sheet. -- Don
Don Stewart wrote:
http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/new/
Has two new changes:
* Per-platform "landing" pages, where we can describe the packages for each system:
The current version of the Mac landing page says to "Follow the install instructions", except there is no INSTALL file in the dmg. Perhaps the wording should be changed to say something like "Open the bundles and follow the instructions", or a trivial INSTALL file added to the dmg? -- Live well, ~wren
wren ng thornton wrote:
Don Stewart wrote:
http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/new/
Has two new changes:
* Per-platform "landing" pages, where we can describe the packages for each system:
The current version of the Mac landing page says to "Follow the install instructions", except there is no INSTALL file in the dmg. Perhaps the wording should be changed to say something like "Open the bundles and follow the instructions", or a trivial INSTALL file added to the dmg?
The usual documentation on Mac OS is to embellish the disk image with a background image that explains pictorially how to install, for instance like this /|\ / | \ /==== To install: \ | / | ==== Open this package \|/ \==== and follow the instructions platform-2010.2.0.0.pkg Example applications: Firefox http://myfirstmac.com/images/uploads/articleImages/FIREFOX-WINDOW.gif Adium http://www.appleunited.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/adium.jpg Skype http://sam.brown.tc/img/2006/08/skype.jpg (Since these are application bundles, the installation procedure is different from that of the Haskell Platform.) Regards, Heinrich Apfelmus -- http://apfelmus.nfshost.com
Heinrich Apfelmus wrote:
wren ng thornton wrote:
The current version of the Mac landing page says to "Follow the install instructions", except there is no INSTALL file in the dmg. Perhaps the wording should be changed to say something like "Open the bundles and follow the instructions", or a trivial INSTALL file added to the dmg?
The usual documentation on Mac OS is to embellish the disk image with a background image that explains pictorially how to install, for instance like this
True. That'd be fine too (and standard), I was just pointing out the inconsistency. -- Live well, ~wren
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