[Haskell-cafe] Move on with the takeover of unix-compat [Re: Takeover request: unix-compat]

[Ben Franksen]

Am 20.02.23 um 09:44 schrieb Andreas Abel:
> On 2023-02-15 21:46, Ben Franksen wrote:
>> Am 05.02.23 um 16:52 schrieb Mitchell Rosen:
>>> Hi all, I'd like to take over maintenance responsibility for the
>>> `unix-compat` package. Unfortunately, I've been unable to get in 
>>> touch with
>>> the maintainer.
>>>
>>> I intend to make a release compatible with `unix-2.8`, and will be 
>>> around
>>> to make subsequent bounds bumps and whatnot.
>>
>> Hi Mitchell, I made some contributions to unix-compat over the years 
>> and found that the current maintainer, while sometimes a bit slow to 
>> respond to PRs, is actually quite responsive when prompted via email. 
>> (Just a data point, not to suggest you haven't tried that.)
> 
> @Ben, this might have been so in the past, but recent evidence suggests 
> otherwise.
> [...]

Fair enough, thanks for the details.

> Because unix-compat is quite important for the Haskell ecosystem and (is 
> already not maintained by the original authors), I think we should find 
> a solution quickly and move on with the package takeover.

FWIW I completely agree. I am happy to see this package properly maintained.

Cheers
Ben
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