<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">As the proponent for Alternative 2: the main goal of Alternative 2 is to create an organized place for debating individual extensions. In a perfect world, I'd prefer Alternative 1, for its simplicity. However, I have a hard time believing we'll get through this process without significant debate, and I worry that Alternative 1 provides no organization for that debate, and so it will end up sprawling over other discussions.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I'm not wedded to any details in Alternative 2, just advocating for some imposed organization.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Richard<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 4, 2020, at 8:38 AM, Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-steering-committee <<a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org" class="">ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Friends<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We are asked to consider<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/372" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Proposal 371: the GHC 20xx process</a><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We have discussed it quite a bit already and I recommend acceptance.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">It includes “Alternative1” and “Alternative2” at one point. I found Alternative 2 hard to parse (seemed very process-heavy), so I favour Alternative 1 which seemed simpler.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Please respond within the next week or two, either on the discussion thread, or to this email.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thanks<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Simon<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">ghc-steering-committee mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-steering-committee" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-steering-committee</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>