June 2024 - ghc-steering-committee

Please review #652: Import shadowing
by Adam Gundry 15 Aug '24

15 Aug '24

Dear Committee, Gergő Érdi proposes to allow local binders to shadow names defined in outer scopes: https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/652 https://github.com/gergoerdi/ghc-proposals/blob/mu/import-shadowing/proposa… I'd like to nominate Erik de Castro Lopo as the shepherd. Please guide us to a conclusion as outlined in https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process Cheers, Adam -- Adam Gundry, Haskell Consultant Well-Typed LLP, https://www.well-typed.com/ Registered in England & Wales, OC335890 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX, England

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Proposal #601: extension lifecycle
by Simon Peyton Jones 04 Jun '24

04 Jun '24

Dear GHC Steering Committee Trevis Elser has submitted GHC Proposal #601 <https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/601>to us for consideration. (It was originally drafted by David Christiansen, but Trevis took it over.) It proposes that that we classify extensions into four categories: - Stable - Experimental - Deprecated - Legacy It does not say which extensions are in which category (that's #635, still to come); it simply establishes the categories. *I strongly urge you to accept the proposal*. We have been using this language informally for years, and it's good to nail it down more precisely. There is plenty of discussion on the PR, but it's all about the specifics (e.g. do we want both Deprecated and Legacy; answer, yes). There seems to be a strong consensus around the principle. I don't expect this to be controversial. Please (everyone) can you respond within a week, by *end of day on Thursday 23 May. *Can you - Reply by email - Update the spreadsheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e6GdwHmAjeDEUhTvP-b18MDkpTfH3SMHhFu…>with your vote Thanks! Simon

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Contacting me
by Erik de Castro Lopo 03 Jun '24

03 Jun '24

Hi all, I am a recent new member of the Steering Committee but due to some technical issues I applied for membership via a GMail account. However, I subscribed to this list with my <erikd(a)mega-nerd.com> email address and suggest that people use this address to contact me. Thanks, Erik -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/

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Chris Dornan
by Simon Peyton Jones 03 Jun '24

03 Jun '24

Dear GHC steering committee I am deeply saddened to have to tell you that our colleague Chris Dornan, a fellow member of the GHC Steering Committee, has died. This comes as a huge shock. I was meeting Chris on calls until very recently. I have known Chris for at least two decades. He is a good friend, and a long-term, level-headed, thoughtful contributor to the Haskell community. All I know is in Andres Loh's email below. We may learn more in due course but meanwhile I thought I should let you know. Simon ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Andres Löh <andres(a)haskell.foundation> Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2024 at 19:36 Subject: [hf-leadership-internal] Chris Dornan To: HF Leadership Internal Hi everyone. I've just received rather shocking and very sad news. Iris Connect is a long-time client of Well-Typed, the company that Chris also worked for for a long time. Matt Newell, the founder of Iris Connect, sent us an email earlier today notifying us that Chris has passed away, suddenly. I don't know much more than this as of now, but as Chris was a board member of the Haskell Foundation until very recently, I thought I'd let all of you know as soon as possible. I feel like I should say something profound, but I'm lost for words right now. Should I get more information, I'll let you know. Best, Andres

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