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

Fri May 17 08:43:09 UTC 2024

I'm in favor

On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 09:09, Arnaud Spiwack <arnaud.spiwack at tweag.io>
wrote:

> 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
>>>> >>  * Reply by email
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>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e6GdwHmAjeDEUhTvP-b18MDkpTfH3SMHhFu5F3nDIWc/edit?usp=sharing>with
>>>> your vote
>>>> >> Thanks!
>>>> >> Simon
>>>> >
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