Is Cabal a core library?

[Artem Pelenitsyn]

Sounds like a good idea to me. We could add it to the agenda of the next
meeting, perhaps. Or, if there's a unanimous support, maybe we don't have
to do that (and save us some time :-))

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Best, Artem

On Wed, Oct 30, 2024, 4:59 AM Mikolaj Konarski <mikolaj at well-typed.com>
wrote:

> Andrew, thank you for your kind offer.
>
> Let me forward this to other Cabal developers.
>
> Best regards,
> Mikolaj
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Andrew Lelechenko <andrew.lelechenko at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 1:50 AM
> Subject: Is Cabal a core library?
> To: Mikolaj Konarski <mikolaj at well-typed.com>, Hécate <hecate at glitchbra.in
> >
>
>
> Hi Mikolaj and Hecate,
>
> There is a push to consolidate notions of boot (= needed to build GHC)
> and core (= under CLC aegis) libraries, so that critical parts of
> Haskell ecosystem are more resilient. How do you feel about
> designating `Cabal` and `Cabal-syntax` as core packages?
>
> While at the moment Cabal has a very healthy team (thanks a ton for
> your work!), there were moments in Cabal history when things were
> drastically different. So having an additional safety net, such that
> CLC is able to provide additional / emergency maintenance, could be
> helpful in future.
>
> Designating a library as a core package does not impose much change on
> day-to-day operations. CLC does not interfere with daily development
> of Core Libraries as long as appointed maintainers keep them in an
> appropriate shape and support healthy communication with contributors.
> You can find the full policy at
>
> https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee?tab=readme-ov-file#core-libraries
>
> (Feel free to forward to other Cabal developers)
>
> Best regards,
> Andrew
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