[ghc-steering-committee] Please review #696: Splitting out stable interfaces from template-haskell

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

I read through the GH issues and the proposal when it was last posted
to this list. TH is somewhat problematic in a number of areas but this
proposal is a good start at addressing that.

I vote accept.

Erik

Sebastian Graf via ghc-steering-committee wrote:

> Dear Committee,
> 
> With their proposal, Teo wants to reduce the maintenance cost for packages
> (such as `containers`) that depend on `template-haskell` only for
> comparatively stable APIs (`Lift`, quasiquoting), by carving out separate
> packages for these stable APIs.
> These so-called "type (A) clients" constitute a considerable share of all
> clients of `template-haskell`. It is a well-written proposal outlining a
> simple solution with a great cost/benefit ratio.
> I recommend we accept it.
> 
> Cheers,
> Sebastian
> 
> Am Mo., 16. Juni 2025 um 09:17 Uhr schrieb Adam Gundry via
> ghc-steering-committee <ghc-steering-committee at haskell.org>:
> 
> > Dear Committee,
> >
> > Teo Camarasu proposes to split out smaller, more coherent packages with
> > more stable interfaces from the template-haskell package:
> >
> > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/696
> >
> > https://github.com/TeofilC/ghc-proposals/blob/wip/th-lift-and-quasiquote/proposals/0000-splitting-out-stable-interfaces-from-th.rst
> >
> > I'd like to nominate Sebastian as the shepherd.
> >
> > Please guide us to a conclusion as outlined in
> > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
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