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

[Sebastian Graf]

Hi Simon,

(Indeed, I only registered an account for the mailing list without 
subscribing. Let's see if I receive this mail now.)
I voted Accept as well.

Cheers,
Sebastian


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Von "Simon Peyton Jones" <simon.peytonjones at gmail.com>
An "ghc-steering-committee" <ghc-steering-committee at haskell.org>; "Erik 
de Castro Lopo" <erik.de.castro.lopo at gmail.com>; "Sebastian Graf" 
<sgraf1337 at gmail.com>
Datum 27.05.2024 11:08:16
Betreff Re: Proposal #601: extension lifecycle

>Dear Simon, Sebastian, Chris, Erik
>
>I don't think you have responded to my email below, not updated the 
>spreadsheet 
><https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e6GdwHmAjeDEUhTvP-b18MDkpTfH3SMHhFu5F3nDIWc/edit?usp=sharing>. 
>  Any particular reason?  I don't want to accept the proposal if there 
>are any strenuous objections.
>
>In the case of Erik and Sebastian it's possible that you have not been 
>added correctly to the GHC Steering Committee mailing list, so I'm 
>including your email addresses in the to: field
>
>Thanks
>
>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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