1. Why can't the platform download site be hosted on <a href="http://www.haskell.org">www.haskell.org</a> instead of <a href="http://hackage.haskell.org">hackage.haskell.org</a>? I see that there's a redirect, but (imho) it would be ideal to have <a href="http://www.haskell.org/platform">www.haskell.org/platform</a> be the standard URL in my browser. It is easier to remember (for typing) and more obvious (for appearances).<br>
<br>2. What is the difference between "Haskell" and the "Haskell Platform"? I
see one or the other in various places. To get from <a href="http://www.haskell.org">www.haskell.org</a> to downloading the Mac software, I go through "Download Haskell," "Get the Haskell Platform > Mac," and "Download Haskell for Mac OS X (intel)."<br>
<br>3. By looking at <a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/mac.html">http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/mac.html</a> , I have no idea what I'm going to get when I click the "Download Haskell for Mac OS X (intel)" link. It would be nice to know what I'm getting myself into before I commit to waiting for this 137.9 MB file. Thanks to the wonder of deep links, one can also not be expected to traverse the path that I did in #2. Similarly, if I come to this link directly, I have no easy way of navigating to try to figure out what "Haskell" or "GHC" is.<br>
<br>4. The current link for the Mac image points to
<a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/2010.1.0.0/haskell-platform-2010.1.0.1-i386.dmg">http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/2010.1.0.0/haskell-platform-2010.1.0.1-i386.dmg</a>
. Note the inconsistency between the version in the directory and file names.<br><br>5. The directions on <a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/mac.html">http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/mac.html</a> say:<br><br>
After downloading:<br> * Open the .dmg file<br> * Follow the install instructions<br><br> I see no "install instructions" in the .dmg file. I only see the following files:<br> * GHC-6.12.1-i386.pkg<br>
* Haskell Platform 2010.1.0.1.pkg<br> * Uninstall GHC<br><br>6. Since there are no "install instructions," I am not sure which .pkg to install first. Of course, fix #3 and you hopefully fix this one.<br>
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7. Why can't I have a single .pkg file? Why do I have an "Uninstall GHC" and not an "Uninstall Haskell Platform"?<br><br>--<br><br>I don't expect all of the above to necessarily have a direct solution. They are just my observations to share. Some of them are from the point of view of a newcomer, and some are from a perfectionist.<br>
<br>Regards,<br>Sean<br>