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

[Jakob Brünker]

I left a couple of clarifying questions on github, but I'm in support.

On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 10:43 AM Matthías Páll Gissurarson <mpg at mpg.is>
wrote:

> 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
>>>>> >>  * Update the spreadsheet
>>>>> >>    <
>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e6GdwHmAjeDEUhTvP-b18MDkpTfH3SMHhFu5F3nDIWc/edit?usp=sharing>with
>>>>> your vote
>>>>> >> Thanks!
>>>>> >> Simon
>>>>> >
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