[ghc-steering-committee] GHC Steering Committee Status

[Chris Dornan]

Joachim, thanks ever so much for all of this — humbled.

I am sorry — I missed being formally assigned to #270 (pun-free code) — I will endeavour to do better and pick up the ball.

> On 19 Aug 2022, at 10:15, Joachim Breitner <mail at joachim-breitner.de> wrote:
> 
> Dear Committee,
> 
> let’s do another bimonthly status update . It seems that the last two
> months were quite quiet on the mailing list, but we did get a bunch of
> new submissions. Time to get active again!
> 
> So what has happened since the last one?
> 
> * PSA: You make my life when preparing these reports easier if every
>   state change comes with a (small) email to the list. In particular 
>   sending a proposal back for revision is often not noted on the list.
> 
> * we were asked to review these proposals:
> 
>   #511 Deep Subsumption, Shephard: Arnaud
>   #330 Decorate exceptions with backtrace information, Shepherd: Vladislav
>   #518 Type vs Constraint proposal, Shepherd: Eric
>   #515 Relaxing HasField constraints, Shepherd: Tom
>   #517 Require implementors before proposal submission, Shepherd: Simon PJ
>   #522 Or Patterns, Shepherd: Richard
>   #516 Introduce `-Wincomplete-record-selectors`, Shepherd: Eric
> 
> * I reassigned the following proposal
> 
>   #500: Add implicit import proposal, New Shepherd: Simon M.
> 
> * we have a recommendation from the shepherd about:
> 
>   #518 Type vs Constraint proposal (accept)
>   #517 Require implementors before proposal submission (accept)
>   #515 Relaxing HasField constraints (accept)
>   #511 Deep Subsumption (accept)
> 
> * we have sent the following proposals back to revision
> 
>   #330 Decorate exceptions with backtrace information
>   #473: First-class existential types
>   #454: Custom type warnings
> 
> * we decided about the following proposals
> 
>   #448 Modern Scoped Type Variables (accept)
>   #518 Type vs Constraint proposal (accept)
>        (merge still pending a ✓ from Richard)
>   #496 Nothing {} (acccept)
>   #511 Deep Subsumption (accept)
> 
> We currently have to act on the following 6 proposals, same number as last time.
> 
> ## Waiting for committee decision
> 
> #515 Relaxing HasField constraints
>      2022-08-01: Assigned to Tom
>      2022-08-10: Tom suggests acceptance
>      No comments so far. Please voice your opinions!
> 
> #517: Require implementors before proposal submission, Shepherd Simon
>      2022-08-01: Assigned to Simon
>      2022-08-05: Simon suggests acceptance
>      Only supporting comments so far.
> 
> ## Waiting for Shepherd action
> 
> #270: Support pun-free code, Shepherd: Chris
>      2022-01-01: Assigned to Chris
>      Chris, kindly please leap into action!
> 
> #500: Add implicit import proposal, Shepherd: Baldur
>      2022-05-05: Assignd to Baldur
>      2022-08-01: Re-assignd to Simon
> 
> #522: Or Patterns
>      2022-08-08: Assigned to Richard
> 
> #516: Introduce `-Wincomplete-record-selectors`, Shepherd: Eric
>      2022-08-14: Assigned to Eric
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Joachim
> 
> 
> -- 
> Joachim Breitner
>  mail at joachim-breitner.de
>  http://www.joachim-breitner.de/
> 
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