I care about them -- but I'm implicated in the proposal. I suspect the silence is mostly to do with the fact that it’s a substantial proposal. It's certainly much more far-reaching than most of the proposals that we devote our time to. That's good -- but it's also daunting. Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: ghc-steering-committee <ghc-steering-committee- | bounces@haskell.org> On Behalf Of Joachim Breitner | Sent: 19 May 2018 19:45 | To: ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org | Subject: Re: [ghc-steering-committee] Volutneer shepherding for linear | types sought | | Hi, | | this has been met with dead silence … here is a loaded question: Who | here cares about linear types? :-) | | Cheers, | Joachim | | Am Mittwoch, den 09.05.2018, 16:21 -0400 schrieb Joachim Breitner: | > Hi committee, | > | > usually, when a proposal has been submitted, I just pick a | shepherd¹. | > But I feel the linear types proposal, at | > https://github.com/tweag/ghc-proposals/blob/linear- | types2/proposals/00 | > 00-linear-types.rst is not something I can just impose on any of | you. | > | > Therefore, I’d like to have a volunteer to step forward and claim | this | > one. | > | > | > Any takers? | > | > Joachim | > | > | > ¹ In case you are curious, I look at this data to make a pick: | > * Low number of pending proposals shepherded | > * Low number of total proposals handled | > * Prior activity on the proposal discussion | > * Expertise and interest, as perceived by me | > You can influence that easily by engaging in a proposal discussion | > before it is submitted; that’s a sure way of getting a proposal | > assigned. | > | > _______________________________________________ | > ghc-steering-committee mailing list | > ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org | > https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-steering- | committ | > ee | -- | Joachim Breitner | mail@joachim-breitner.de | http://www.joachim-breitner.de/

Sucker for punishment that I am, I'll take it. I'd like to learn more about it anyway. But no further action this week on it -- it's supposed to be vacation for me! :) Richard

On May 21, 2018, at 9:29 AM, Ben Gamari <ben@well-typed.com> wrote:

Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj@microsoft.com> writes:

...

I care about them -- but I'm implicated in the proposal.

I suspect the silence is mostly to do with the fact that it’s a substantial proposal. It's certainly much more far-reaching than most of the proposals that we devote our time to. That's good -- but it's also daunting.

Indeed, I'll admit that I am a tad intimidated by its size and potential subtlety.

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