[haskell-platform] #6: Windows installer

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#6: Windows installer
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 Reporter:  duncan    |        Owner:  refold             
     Type:  task      |       Status:  assigned           
 Priority:  major     |    Milestone:  Release 1: 2009.0.0
Component:  Platform  |   Resolution:                     
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Comment (by refold):

 > Can't we just ask for a single location and install
 > everything (including ghc) under that?

 Ok, I'll use Program Files\Haskell and install GHC to Program
 Files\Haskell\GHC\ghc-$VERSION.

 > If we used a single install tree then there would be a nicer
 > layout rather than two doc dirs, to bin dirs etc.

 I think it is cleaner to use separate dirs. For example, if the
 user wants to use both GHC 6.8 and 6.10, she can install 6.8 to
 Program Files\Haskell\GHC\ghc-6.8.

 (Hmm, I just thought about what happens if we want to install two
 versions of the Haskell Platform... Perhaps it's better to use
 Program Files\Haskell Platform\2009.0.0 and do not touch Program
 Files\Haskell)

 > We should not install ghc-paths.

 Ok.

 > Perhaps the programs (start menu) group should default to
 > Haskell rather than GHC?

 Or Haskell Platform\2009.0.0, as Bulat suggested. The current
 behaviour is consistent with the GHC installer.

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