[ghc-steering-committee] Please review #452: Articulate principles for GHC evolution; Shepherd: Simon PJ

[Eric Seidel]

Writing down our design principles in one place makes a lot of sense to me, +1

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021, at 11:51, Simon Peyton Jones wrote:
> Dear Steering Committee
>
> I'd like to propose that we accept Proposal #452: Articulate principles 
> for GHC evolution
>  * Discussion: https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/452
>  * Proposal:  
> https://github.com/goldfirere/ghc-proposals/blob/principles/principles.rst
> Remember, we are not debating the principles themselves, all of which 
> are embodied in earlier proposals.  Rather we are discussing 
>  * the usefulness of having  a place where we articulate the 
> principles, and 
>  * a process for updating them over time, namely by PRs against this 
> proposal
> The idea is that the latest incarnation of the proposal is always the 
> current set of agreed principles.
>
> Please respond by Friday 17 Dec. Because it seems uncontroversial, I'll 
> take silence as assent, unless a big discussion arises.
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon
>
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 at 19:23, Richard Eisenberg <lists at richarde.dev> wrote:
>> Dear Committee,
>> 
>> This is your interim secretary speaking:
>> 
>> Articulate principles for GHC evolution, proposing a new "principles" document to be added to the proposals repo, has been proposed by me.
>> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/452
>> https://github.com/goldfirere/ghc-proposals/blob/principles/principles.rst
>> 
>> I propose Simon PJ as the shepherd, as this is something of a meta-proposal, appropriate for shepherding by our chair.
>> 
>> Please guide us to a conclusion as outlined in 
>> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Richard
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