Proposal for communication with GHC API users

Facundo Domínguez facundo.dominguez at tweag.io
Fri Oct 13 20:23:40 UTC 2023


> Your feedback is appreciated in a new proposal to streamline
> communication with the authors of the GHC API as GHC evolves [1].

Errata:
- communication with the authors of the GHC API
+ communication with the *users* of the GHC API

Cheers!

On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 5:19 PM Facundo Domínguez
<facundo.dominguez at tweag.io> wrote:
>
> Dear GHC devs,
>
> Your feedback is appreciated in a new proposal to streamline
> communication with the authors of the GHC API as GHC evolves [1].
>
> The proposal aims to set a process to collect detailed information on
> how users depend on the GHC API, and how GHC developers think these
> dependencies should be adjusted when there are breaking changes.
>
> This proposal is related to the endeavor to stabilize the GHC API [2].
> Although, rather than trying to define a stable API, it sets a process
> to deal with the current state of affairs where users depend on many
> unstable parts.
>
> Looking forward to your thoughts!
> Facundo
>
> [1] https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/24096
> [2] https://discourse.haskell.org/t/charting-a-course-toward-a-stable-api-for-ghc/7646
>
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