From simon.peytonjones at gmail.com  Mon Jun  3 09:04:51 2024
From: simon.peytonjones at gmail.com (Simon Peyton Jones)
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 10:04:51 +0100
Subject: [ghc-steering-committee] Chris Dornan
Message-ID: <CAJKmMz-tH4tMLTJL5A5nc-530B0k4doi6N+W4GXRJmNUO4z1rg@mail.gmail.com>

Dear GHC steering committee

I am deeply saddened to have to tell you that our colleague Chris Dornan, a
fellow member of the GHC Steering Committee, has died.

This comes as a huge shock. I was meeting Chris on calls until very
recently. I have known Chris for at least two decades.   He is a good
friend, and a long-term, level-headed, thoughtful contributor to the
Haskell community.

All I know is in Andres Loh's email below.  We may learn more in due course
but meanwhile I thought I should let you know.

Simon


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From: Andres Löh <andres at haskell.foundation>
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2024 at 19:36
Subject: [hf-leadership-internal] Chris Dornan
To: HF Leadership Internal

Hi everyone.

I've just received rather shocking and very sad news. Iris Connect is a
long-time client of Well-Typed, the company that Chris also worked for for
a long time. Matt Newell, the founder of Iris Connect, sent us an email
earlier today notifying us that Chris has passed away, suddenly.

I don't know much more than this as of now, but as Chris was a board member
of the Haskell Foundation until very recently, I thought I'd let all of you
know as soon as possible.

I feel like I should say something profound, but I'm lost for words right
now. Should I get more information, I'll let you know.

Best,
Andres
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From erikd at mega-nerd.com  Mon Jun  3 22:25:01 2024
From: erikd at mega-nerd.com (Erik de Castro Lopo)
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 08:25:01 +1000
Subject: [ghc-steering-committee] Contacting me
Message-ID: <20240604082501.cd727afd923532e9365f9270@mega-nerd.com>

Hi all,

I am a recent new member of the Steering Committee but due to some
technical issues I applied for membership via a GMail account.

However, I subscribed to this list with my <erikd at mega-nerd.com>
email address and suggest that people use this address to contact
me.

Thanks,
Erik
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http://www.mega-nerd.com/

From simon.peytonjones at gmail.com  Tue Jun  4 13:16:48 2024
From: simon.peytonjones at gmail.com (Simon Peyton Jones)
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 14:16:48 +0100
Subject: [ghc-steering-committee] Proposal #601: extension lifecycle
In-Reply-To: <CAJKmMz-W4K6XXDD=ibi=-gi40yikvSUyBvzA9EV7MOETjurOeA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJKmMz-W4K6XXDD=ibi=-gi40yikvSUyBvzA9EV7MOETjurOeA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAJKmMz-vkK6AFvfCAqZLZWOiRqL50SFed4yMBYW0TBSLAnB9eQ@mail.gmail.com>

Everyone is in favour -- I declare this proposal accepted

Adam, could you merge, once Trevis says he has done any remaining changes?

Simon

On Thu, 16 May 2024 at 09:27, Simon Peyton Jones <
simon.peytonjones at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear GHC Steering Committee
>
> Trevis Elser has submitted GHC Proposal #601
> <https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/601>to us for
> consideration.  (It was originally drafted by David Christiansen, but
> Trevis took it over.)
>
> It proposes that that we classify extensions into four categories:
>
>    - Stable
>    - Experimental
>    - Deprecated
>    - Legacy
>
> It does not say which extensions are in which category (that's #635, still
> to come); it simply establishes the categories.
>
> *I strongly urge you to accept the proposal*. We have been using this
> language informally for years, and it's good to nail it down more precisely.
>
> There is plenty of discussion on the PR, but it's all about the specifics
> (e.g. do we want both Deprecated and Legacy; answer, yes).  There seems to
> be a strong consensus around the principle.
>
> I don't expect this to be controversial. Please (everyone) can you respond
> within a week, by *end of day on Thursday 23 May.   *Can you
>
>    - Reply by email
>    - Update the spreadsheet
>    <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e6GdwHmAjeDEUhTvP-b18MDkpTfH3SMHhFu5F3nDIWc/edit?usp=sharing>with
>    your vote
>
> Thanks!
>
> Simon
>
>
>
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From adam at well-typed.com  Wed Jun 26 19:50:08 2024
From: adam at well-typed.com (Adam Gundry)
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:50:08 +0100
Subject: [ghc-steering-committee] Please review #652: Import shadowing
Message-ID: <87ba8738-761f-4d39-8677-0486bd83358f@well-typed.com>

Dear Committee,

Gergő Érdi proposes to allow local binders to shadow names defined in 
outer scopes:

https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/652
https://github.com/gergoerdi/ghc-proposals/blob/mu/import-shadowing/proposals/0000-import-shadowing.rst

I'd like to nominate Erik de Castro Lopo as the shepherd.

Please guide us to a conclusion as outlined in
https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process

Cheers,

Adam


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