Whither split base?

[Daniel Cartwright]

Ah! That's a cool point about backpack. I would like to volunteer to help
with this.

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 7:13 PM Edward Kmett <ekmett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Development in this direction is an open process. The key would be finding
> sufficient will amongst members of the community to make it happen.
>
> -Edward
>
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 7:09 PM Daniel Cartwright <chessai1996 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> interesting, makes sense. can anyone volunteer?
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 6:53 PM Carter Schonwald <
>> carter.schonwald at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> its simple: trying to reduce the coupling / interdependency of different
>>> pieces of base so they can literally be (at least internally) structured as
>>> distinct packages / libraries
>>> (so as to fascilitate better experimentation or support for exotic
>>> platforms)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 6:46 PM Daniel Cartwright <chessai1996 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Could someone articulate on this "split base"? What does this mean
>>>> exactly? Having one or more versions of officially supported 'base'-like
>>>> libraries?
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 6:17 PM Edward Kmett <ekmett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We had two different people join the CLC with the express wish of
>>>>> working on it. Both of them seemed to recoil at the scale of the problem
>>>>> after going deeper, and progress ground to a halt.
>>>>>
>>>>> We _do_ have a few open slots on the committee though. I'm putting out
>>>>> an open call for folks to join the committee today. Maybe someone
>>>>> interested in diving into the problem might apply. =)
>>>>>
>>>>> -Edward
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 12:06 AM Carter Schonwald <
>>>>> carter.schonwald at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I just remembered that it was one of the ongoing things the CLC was
>>>>>> involved with, for a while.  Has there been recent action there ?
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