[ghc-steering-committee] GHC proposal process: merging and closing

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

I want to avoid codifying what does not need to be codified, but I get
the message and will close more aggressively.

(I.e. when marked as dormant and no action for another month, I’ll
close.)

Cheers,
Joachim


Am Freitag, den 23.02.2018, 16:59 +0000 schrieb Iavor Diatchki:
> I agree that we should be more aggressive with clearing out proposals.  Here is a suggestion:  specify in the process, that after some period of discussion proposals should either be sumbitted to the committee, or closed.
> 
> -Iavor
> 
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 7:22 AM Joachim Breitner <mail at joachim-breitner.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Am Freitag, den 23.02.2018, 16:15 +0100 schrieb Spiwack, Arnaud:
> > > To be fair, I said "could".
> > 
> > that’s fair :-)
> > 
> > > And the idea is that a proposal contains a lot beyond what the manual
> > > will. The entire specification section must make it to the manual.
> > > However, the motivations will usually be much shortened, and the
> > > alternatives will typically not be in a manual at all. A proposal
> > > also has a link to the github discussion which can give really
> > > insightful historical perspectives on a feature. So giving a link to
> > > the proposal could help someone who, for instance, is considering
> > > contributing an extension to a given feature. It's not something that
> > > should be prominent. But can feature in a "further reading" section,
> > > together with the relevant scientific articles.
> > 
> > True.
> > 
> > 
> > How about this: Out-of-scope proposals of value should be moved to the
> > GHC Wiki, where we already store design documents for future benefit.
> > 
> > Linking to them from the manual _for additional information that normal
> > users do not need_ is encouraged (again, this is something we already
> > do).
> > 
> > 
> > > I would personally go for closing after a while. Certainly with the friendly message!
> > 
> > I just did another round of nudges. I guess I will close when the
> > author does not respond to the nudges.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Joachim
> > 
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