[core libraries] List of core libraries

[Neil Mitchell]

I did semi-hand the filepath library over to the Core libraries
committee, it was just about 6 years before the committee formed so
you probably don't have records of it, which is why libraries@ is
listed as the author. I'm happy to take a more active role in
maintaining it. In particular, I was intending to review/comment on
https://github.com/haskell/filepath/pulls, and have the intention to
add a bunch of patches
(https://github.com/ndmitchell/shake/issues/174). Most of the patches
are either obviously a good idea (fixing broken code) or improving the
docs. The only one which could have any debate surrounding it is the
introduction of a new operator -<.>. I don't want to debate that now,
but it would be good to get clarification as to whether I should
unilaterally add it, or should go through the libraries submission
process, or ...

Thanks, Neil


On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Andrew Gill <andygill at ku.edu> wrote:
> All,
>
> I’ve not touched hoc for quite a while. KU now has the resources to take
> ownership, if needed. It’s pretty stable, from what I understand, but could
> do with the an updated manual.
>
> Andy Gill
>
> On Sep 28, 2014, at 1:45 PM, Edward Kmett <ekmett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Herbert:
>
> Heretofore I'd been treating filepath as owned by Neil Mitchell, but that
> statement does sound like he's handed it off to the libraries process, which
> would make it a core-libraries issue if he doesn't want to deal with it.
>
> I'm copying him on this thread to get his opinion.
>
> I've also copied Andy Gill, to see if he has any opinions on the state of
> who owns update responsibility for hpc itself.
>
> Andy, Neil: Thoughts?
>
> Thomas: Thanks for forcing this issue to attention.
>
> -Edward
>
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Herbert Valerio Riedel <hvriedel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 2014-09-28 at 19:40:25 +0200, Thomas Miedema wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > Ok, final question: What about filepath and hpc? Their .cabal files list
>> > libraries at haskell.org as maintainer, which usually means the Core
>> > Libraries
>> > Committee. Should filepath be added to that list, and the maintainer for
>> > both filepath and hpc be set to the Core Libraries Committee? If not,
>> > who
>> > maintains filepath?
>>
>> This is supposed to be an answer, but rather additional data-points:
>>
>> As far as filepath is concerned:
>>
>>   http://community.haskell.org/~ndm/filepath/
>>
>> states
>>
>> | The library is now part of the core Haskell libraries, and since GHC
>> | 6.6.1 has been shipped with all major compilers. While I am the
>> | original author, changes are now made through the library submissions
>> | process.
>>
>> as for Hpc, if you look at its changelog over at
>>
>>   http://git.haskell.org/packages/hpc.git/shortlog
>>
>> it's been effectively maintained by GHC HQ for the last couple of
>> years...
>
>
>