- ghc-steering-committee

Arnaud's holiday/move
by Arnaud Spiwack 13 Aug '24

13 Aug '24

Dear all, As of this Thursday 15th August, I'll be on holiday; I'll be back on the 9th September. Since it's a sizable chunk of time, I wanted to make sure to share: I won't be reading my emails during this time. When I'm back, I'll be living in Japan. Which shouldn't change much for my Steering Committee commitments, I don't think. But it may be a little disruptive at first. Best, -- Arnaud Spiwack Director, Research at https://moduscreate.com and https://tweag.io.

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Please review #570: Native string interpolation syntax
by Adam Gundry 04 Aug '24

04 Aug '24

Dear Committee, Brandon Chinn proposes to add native string interpolation syntax: https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/570 https://github.com/brandonchinn178/ghc-proposals/blob/string-interpolation/… I'd like to nominate Sebastian 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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Please review #637: Modify multiline string proposal #569 to remove one trailing newline
by Adam Gundry 04 Aug '24

04 Aug '24

Dear Committee, Brandon Chinn proposes to amend the multiline string literal proposal #569 to remove one trailing newline: https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/637 I'd like to nominate Eric Seidel as the shepherd, since he was the shepherd of #569. 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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Dealing with abuse on the issue tracker
by Moritz Angermann 25 Jul '24

25 Jul '24

Dear Committee members, I'd like to bring the following tweet (thread) from Matt to your attention: https://x.com/mattoflambda/status/1815536812376707224 It concerns pull request: Allow reserved identifiers as fields in `OverloadedRecordDot` by parsonsmatt · Pull Request #668 · ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals (github.com) <https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/668>. We do not seem to be as welcoming as we could/should be? My stance in general around this is probably a bit old fashioned, and what I learned on IRC back then: not to fuel and engage with negative behavior. I'm curious what the other committee members think about this. Best, Moritz

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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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Please review #267: Class method headers
by Adam Gundry 24 May '24

24 May '24

Dear Committee, Vlad proposes to allow class variable binders on the left of :: in class method signatures: https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/267 https://github.com/int-index/ghc-proposals/blob/class-method-headers/propos… I'd like to nominate Jakob as the shepherd (welcome Jakob!). 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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Welcome to new members
by Adam Gundry 16 May '24

16 May '24

Dear all, Following the recent nomination round, the committee is delighted to welcome Sebastian Graf, Jakob Brünker and Erik de Castro Lopo as new members. Thank you for your willingness to volunteer. I will add your details to the GitHub repo, and you are encouraged to contribute to the discussion of any of the proposals under committee review. We would also like to record our thanks to those who applied in this round but were not selected. It was unusually competitive, so we were unfortunately not in a position to accept everyone, but your continued involvement in the proposals process is very welcome, and there will no doubt be future opportunities to join the committee. Best wishes, 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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Please review #641: Wildcard binders in type declarations
by Adam Gundry 13 May '24

13 May '24

Dear Committee, Vlad proposes to amend proposal #425 to permit more wildcard binder forms in type declarations: https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/641 I'd like to nominate Simon PJ 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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