[ghc-steering-committee] [ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals] Lazy unboxed tuples / warn on unbanged strict patterns (#35)

[Richard Eisenberg]

> On Jan 27, 2017, at 8:02 AM, Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> OK.  I propose that we change this.  Remove the four-week language.  Instead:
> 
> * At any time the author of a proposal can transition from "Discussion" to
>  "Decision", by changing the status of the proposal [link to explain how],
>  and by sending email to the committee to signal the change.
> 
>  The author should do this only when there has been adequate opportunity
>  for the community to respond to the proposal.  It would be unusual
>  to consider adequate any period less than four weeks from the last
>  substantial change to the proposal.  But this is not a hard and fast
>  rule.  It's the intent that matters.
> 
> * Any proposal in "Discussion" that has had no input for more than four weeks
>  may be moved "Dormant" status (by anyone).  The goal here is simply to keep manageable
>  the list of proposals that are being actively worked on.  The author
>  is free to resurrect it to "Discussion" status.

+1