Is Cabal a core library?

[Brandon Allbery]

It should still probably be at least mentioned during the next meeting, but
I'm in favor.

On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 6:58 AM Artem Pelenitsyn <a.pelenitsyn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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 :-))
>
> --
> 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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