status of mtl

[Ben Franksen]

Am 25.09.21 um 15:24 schrieb Keith:
> I have heard in the past that MTL's maintainers are very
> conservative about pushing out new releases, because so much of tho
> Haskell ecosystem needs to be updated and rebuilt when they do. But
> the backlash seems to be cramming as much as possible into new
> releases. This is not ideal but it is pragmatic.

I don't accept the assumption that "much of the Haskell ecosystem needs 
to be updated and rebuilt when a new release of mtl is made". Packages 
that properly indicate upper bounds on their mtl dependency won't be 
affected (assuming a major version bump).

The burden lies with those who want to use the new features: they need 
to convince other library maintainers to release compatibility updates 
with raised upper bounds on their mtl dependency, issuing PRs and 
lobbying for new releases. This is exactly as it should be.

Cheers
Ben
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