GHCUp button on www.haskell.org

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Alright, here’s a revised suggestion for www.haskell.org:

  1. Rename “Downloads” to “Specialised Installations” so it no longer appears in the results of searches (note: the actual folder downloads/ can keep its name);

  2. Add a “Start Using Haskell Now!” button to www.haskell.org;

  3. The URL for “Start Using Haskell Now!” is assigned to GHCUp (for the time being).

This seems to be the “best least-worst of both worlds”:

  • Unlike what happened in that course, Stack isn’t being purged - it’s merely relegated to being another alternative. If some find that annoying, they can help to improve Stack (maybe even to the point of surpassing GHCUp).

  • Keeping downloads/ (albeit under a different label) means there’s still a place on the Haskell site for other new “development suites” (even GHCUp was new once), or revitalised existing ones e.g. a future Stack.

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