<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Some ideas about: What exactly should constitute a "simple source change”<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Adding an extension (e.g. FlexibleContexts) to make code compile</div><div class="">- Adding an Applicative for Monad (or similar obvious “intristic” instance addition, e.g Semigroup for Monoids, if Semi-MP is in)</div><div class="">- Editing import list (hiding clashing symbols, qualifying)</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 31 Mar 2015, at 13:33, Adam Bergmark <<a href="mailto:adam@bergmark.nl" class="">adam@bergmark.nl</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Dear Haskell Community,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For some time Hackage has contained a user group called "Trustees",</div><div class=""><a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/trustees/" class="">http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/trustees/</a> .</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Description: The role of trustees is to help to curate the whole</div><div class="">package collection. Trustees have a limited ability to edit package</div><div class="">information, for the entire package database (as opposed to package</div><div class="">maintainers who have full control over individual packages). Trustees</div><div class="">can edit .cabal files, edit other package metadata and upload</div><div class="">documentation but they cannot upload new package versions."</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In short, making sure that packages keep building and filling the gap</div><div class="">between unreachable maintainers and package take-overs.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Up until now we have been very careful with changes since we haven't</div><div class="">had a defined process. Spurred by SPJ and others we have been working</div><div class="">on a proposal for how we should operate.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can find the proposal here:</div><div class=""><a href="https://gist.github.com/bergmark/76cafefb300546e9b90e" class="">https://gist.github.com/bergmark/76cafefb300546e9b90e</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We would now like your feedback!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Some specific things from the proposal that we'd like your opinion on:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* Section 1: No opt-out for restricting bounds</div><div class="">* Section 2: Opt-out rather than opt-in procedure for loosening version constraints</div><div class="">* Section 2: Do you care whether you are notified before or after a version constraint is loosened?</div><div class="">* Section 3: The time frame for publishing simple source changes</div><div class="">* Section 3: What exactly should constitute a "simple source change"</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">We also have a github repository where YOU can file issues about</div><div class="">broken packages, you can start doing this right now!</div><div class=""><a href="https://github.com/haskell-infra/hackage-trustees/" class="">https://github.com/haskell-infra/hackage-trustees/</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please share this with as many people as possible.</div><div class="">We are looking forward to hear your thoughts!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely,</div><div class="">Adam Bergmark</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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