On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 10:00 -0700, Isaac Potoczny-Jones wrote:
> Duncan Coutts wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 10:16 +0100, Simon Marlow wrote:
> >> Duncan Coutts wrote:
> >>> so what can we do about it?
> >> BTW, thanks for all the cleanup you did over the weekend, looks great.
> >>
> >>> Some ba
Duncan Coutts wrote:
On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 10:16 +0100, Simon Marlow wrote:
Duncan Coutts wrote:
so what can we do about it?
BTW, thanks for all the cleanup you did over the weekend, looks great.
Some barriers to entry:
Out of the 6 (very insightful) barriers to entry you mention, I note
On 8/6/07, Duncan Coutts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Cabal/Hackage is fantastically successful, despite the amount we grumble
> about it's shortcomings.
>
> > But this is fertile ground for hackers who enjoy cleaning things up and
> > refactoring...
>
> Certainly. How to recruit such people...
>
>
On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 10:16 +0100, Simon Marlow wrote:
> Duncan Coutts wrote:
> > so what can we do about it?
>
> BTW, thanks for all the cleanup you did over the weekend, looks great.
>
> > Some barriers to entry:
> >
> > 1. reporting bugs requires logging in, many people still miss
> >
Duncan Coutts wrote:
so what can we do about it?
BTW, thanks for all the cleanup you did over the weekend, looks great.
Some barriers to entry:
1. reporting bugs requires logging in, many people still miss
this.
2. bug reports get ignored (which is disheartening to users)
so what can we do about it?
Some barriers to entry:
1. reporting bugs requires logging in, many people still miss
this.
2. bug reports get ignored (which is disheartening to users)
because...
3. bug reports do not get reported to this list (like ghc ones get
