[ghc-steering-committee] Proposal #601: extension lifecycle

[Eric Seidel]

I support this proposal. 

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> On May 16, 2024, at 05:08, Adam Gundry <adam at well-typed.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm in favour. (And I'm willing to work on the necessary follow-up proposal to apply the categorisation to specific extensions.)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
>> On 16/05/2024 09:27, Simon Peyton Jones 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
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>>    <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e6GdwHmAjeDEUhTvP-b18MDkpTfH3SMHhFu5F3nDIWc/edit?usp=sharing>with your vote
>> Thanks!
>> Simon
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