<div><div dir="auto">To the extent that hvr the current maintainer wants help from fellow clc, we’re available albeit finite bandwidth. </div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Ghc has had a lot of optimizer regressions wrt core libraries for some time now. The challenge is that the bandwidth etc to straddle both legs is quite a bit of effort! </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 3:32 AM George Wilson <george@wils.online> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">According to this [table], bytestring is a boot library, so by reason<br>
3 listed in [libraries], I believe bytestring already comes under the<br>
CLC. In that case, the latter page should be updated.<br>
<br>
It's possible the committee could provide some assistance on the<br>
backlog of issues and PRs. But working on one of the high performance<br>
libraries like bytestring (another example is vector) requires<br>
delicate care, so I think for the most part it would be difficult for<br>
committee members to help in a "drive-by" capacity. I too am<br>
interested in whether Duncan and Herbert would find another maintainer<br>
helpful.<br>
<br>
[table] <a href="https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/wikis/commentary/libraries/version-history" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/wikis/commentary/libraries/version-history</a><br>
[libraries] <a href="https://wiki.haskell.org/Library_submissions#The_Libraries" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.haskell.org/Library_submissions#The_Libraries</a><br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
George<br>
<br>
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 05:07, 'Simon Jakobi' via<br>
haskell-core-libraries <<a href="mailto:haskell-core-libraries@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">haskell-core-libraries@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi again, and happy new year! :)<br>
><br>
> I'd like to revive this thread, now that the holiday season has<br>
> passed. Sorry for my somewhat naive attempts to get people involved in<br>
> my last emails – I have shortened my CC-list since. :)<br>
><br>
> I have noticed some healthy activity in the bytestring project in the meantime:<br>
><br>
> * Duncan suggested in [#198] that GHC 8.10.1 use the existing<br>
> bytestring-0.10.10.0 release.<br>
><br>
> * [#140] has seen more productive discussion on the future of<br>
> ByteString's IsString instance, with much valuable input from Herbert.<br>
><br>
> * At least 3 PRs ([#142], [#196], [#182]) have become ready for merge<br>
> (as far as I can tell), although they didn't get a maintainer response<br>
> in the last 3 weeks, which I largely attribute to the holidays.<br>
><br>
> * [#196], which I prepared with the help of Sylvain Henry, fixed the<br>
> build of bytestring's benchmark suite which had been broken since 2015<br>
> ([#52]), and which had been an impediment to many PRs since. This has<br>
> allowed me to detect a rather worrying performance regression in GHC<br>
> 8.10, [#17660].<br>
><br>
> Many thanks to everyone involved! :)<br>
><br>
> What remains unclear to me is who will lead the effort of taking care<br>
> of bytestring's backlog of open PRs and issues. I still doubt that<br>
> Duncan or Herbert have the necessary bandwidth.<br>
><br>
> Duncan, I would be very grateful if you could share your own<br>
> perspective on this in this thread!<br>
><br>
> Since I had addressed my last email to the CLC, I also wonder about<br>
> their perspective on the issue. I have since noticed that bytestring<br>
> is in fact not one of the core [libraries] that the CLC officially<br>
> maintains. Is the CLC possibly interested in adopting bytestring,<br>
> and/or to get involved in improving the maintenance situation in<br>
> bytestring? This is just an idea – I don't actually know what power or<br>
> resources the CLC could contribute here.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Simon<br>
><br>
> [#52] <a href="https://github.com/haskell/bytestring/issues/52" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/haskell/bytestring/issues/52</a><br>
> [#140] <a href="https://github.com/haskell/bytestring/issues/140" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/haskell/bytestring/issues/140</a><br>
> [#142] <a href="https://github.com/haskell/bytestring/pull/142" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/haskell/bytestring/pull/142</a><br>
> [#182] <a href="https://github.com/haskell/bytestring/pull/182" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/haskell/bytestring/pull/182</a><br>
> [#196] <a href="https://github.com/haskell/bytestring/pull/196" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/haskell/bytestring/pull/196</a><br>
> [#198] <a href="https://github.com/haskell/bytestring/issues/198" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/haskell/bytestring/issues/198</a><br>
> [#17660] <a href="https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/issues/17660" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/issues/17660</a><br>
> [libraries] <a href="https://wiki.haskell.org/Library_submissions#The_Libraries" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.haskell.org/Library_submissions#The_Libraries</a><br>
><br>
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