On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Thomas DuBuisson <[email protected]> wrote: > Daniel provided the wisdom: >> "Do not knowingly make your code unportable unless you have a good reason to" >> >> Are there any objections to that maxim? > > Thanks for bringing some sanity back. I notice very few people have > bothered to comment on the wiki page Neil has setup. Incase anyone > has fogotten - this was originally about what packages hoogle should > search and which options should be available (and which should be > default) for returning platform specific results.
Yes, thanks for dragging this back on topic. I am sorry for my contribution to moving so far away from it. > > Platform specifity: > The suggestion of platform specific flags, which I now support, seems > to be dominante. The only alternate I recall is showing all results > catagorized by platform (with 'portable' being on top) - perhaps that > could be displayed if there are zero results that are portable. > > Default packages searched: > I've yet to hear anyone say we should search anything less than the > Haskell Platform by default. I also don't think anyone has spoke ill > of a "+hackage" flag. > I would agree with Haskell Platform as default search, and also with a +hackage flag. I would also support platform-specific flags if they were simple to implement. John Lato _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
