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

[Arnaud Spiwack]

Good for me.

On Thu, 16 May 2024 at 14:43, Simon Peyton Jones <
simon.peytonjones at gmail.com> wrote:

> The proposal does call out some extensions as experimental, but does not
> list LT although to me it’s one of the most prominent examples
>
> It specifically says that any extensions mentioned are examples only.  A separate
> proposal <https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/discussions/635>is
> for deciding which extension is in which category.
>
> So this proposal does not, in itself, do any categorisation whatsoever.
>
> Simon
>
> On Thu, 16 May 2024 at 13:36, Moritz Angermann <moritz.angermann at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I am in support of this proposal. I do not believe that beating this any
>> further will result in any meaningful improvement. As I’ve learned in other
>> discussions the word Experimental means different things to different
>> people. The proposal does call out some extensions as experimental, but
>> does not list LT although to me it’s one of the most prominent examples.
>>
>> In any case having some guiding flow around extensions is a step in the
>> right direction in my opinion.
>>
>> Best,
>>   Moritz
>>
>> On Thu, 16 May 2024 at 8:04 PM, Eric Seidel <eric at seidel.io> wrote:
>>
>>> I support this proposal.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> > 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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>>> your vote
>>> >> Thanks!
>>> >> Simon
>>> >
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