[ghc-steering-committee] Language Extension Policy – Round 1

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

Am Donnerstag, dem 09.03.2023 um 17:41 +0000 schrieb Simon Marlow:
> Looking forward to your proposal Arnaud. In the meantime I wanted to
> comment on the purpose of categorising extensions, at least as I see
> it:
>  * Goal: to add clarity and consistency to the process for deciding
> what goes into GHC20xx.
>  * Categorising extensions shortcuts the discussion and narrows the
> search space. We've identified a bunch of reasons why extensions will
> not be considered for GHC20xx, so we can just categorise those
> appropriately and we've eliminated a lot of extensions from
> consideration while providing clarity for users.

right, but this is not just about GHC20xx, is it?

Having some more objective characteristics of extensions spelled out
will help us making other decisions more consistently as well
(accepting proposals for new extensions, extending existing extensions,
changing existing extensions etc.)

Cheers,
Joachim


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