Secretary here. I wrote a little tool (or rather, got Claude to write a little tool) to analyse the current state of GHC proposals. Repository here: https://github.com/simonmar/ghc-proposals-stats Please let me know if you spot anything wrong. Some overall stats: Current state of all proposals: -------------------------------------------------- Created 91 Waiting for shepherd recommendation 4 Committee discussion 0 Needs revision 25 Rejected 16 Accepted 55 Implemented 106 Closed 301 Dormant 10 -------------------------------------------------- Total 608 There are no proposals currently in committee discussion, but we have a few waiting for shepherd recommendation: Proposals currently in 'Waiting for shepherd recommendation' state: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PR #700 Abstract Q 1 days PR #720 GHCi command for recompilation-aware evaluation 1 days PR #742 QualifiedStrings updates 1 days PR #570 Native string interpolation syntax 0 days Activity over the last 12 months: Proposal activity since 2025-03-11: -------------------------------------------------- Created 48 Waiting for shepherd recommendation 11 Committee discussion 6 Needs revision 7 Rejected 0 Accepted 9 Implemented 5 Closed 37 Dormant 0 -------------------------------------------------- Below I've included the verbose output from the tool, which includes the history of all PRs which had some activity over the last 12 months. Cheers Simon PR #182: Add control flow hint pragmas. · 2018-11-17 Created by AndreasPK 2025-04-16 Closed by AndreasPK (+2342 days) PR #570: Native string interpolation syntax · 2023-01-11 Created by brandonchinn178 · 2024-08-04 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+571 days) · 2024-08-05 Needs revision by sgraf812 (+1 days) 2026-03-11 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by sgraf812 (+583 days) PR #621: Linear constraints proposal · 2023-11-21 Created by aspiwack · 2024-12-02 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+377 days) · 2024-12-06 Needs revision by JakobBruenker (+4 days) · 2025-01-10 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by aspiwack (+35 days) · 2025-01-14 Committee discussion by JakobBruenker (+4 days) 2025-03-20 Needs revision by adamgundry (+65 days) PR #632: Amend GHC2024/GHC20xx proposals to specify introduction of new language editions · 2024-01-24 Created by adamgundry · 2024-02-15 Committee discussion by adamgundry (+22 days) · 2024-04-22 Needs revision by adamgundry (+67 days) 2025-03-11 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+323 days) 2025-04-09 Committee discussion by simonmar (+29 days) 2025-05-13 Closed by adamgundry (+34 days) 2025-05-13 Accepted by adamgundry (+0 days) PR #668: Allow arbitrary identifiers as fields in `OverloadedRecordDot` and `OverloadedRecordUpdate` · 2024-07-22 Created by parsonsmatt · 2024-10-29 Committee discussion by adamgundry (+99 days) · 2024-11-23 Needs revision by adamgundry (+25 days) · 2024-12-13 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+20 days) · 2025-03-10 Committee discussion by adamgundry (+87 days) 2025-05-13 Closed by adamgundry (+64 days) 2025-05-13 Accepted by adamgundry (+0 days) PR #669: Add categorization of language extensions · 2024-08-05 Created by telser · 2024-10-29 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+85 days) · 2024-11-11 Needs revision by maralorn (+13 days) 2025-06-23 Committee discussion by maralorn (+224 days) 2025-08-07 Closed by maralorn (+45 days) 2025-08-07 Accepted by maralorn (+0 days) PR #672: Amendment to accepted proposal 0409, requiring the default exports to be explicit · 2024-08-25 Created by blamario · 2024-09-10 Committee discussion by adamgundry (+16 days) · 2024-09-17 Closed by adamgundry (+7 days) · 2024-09-17 Accepted by adamgundry (+0 days) 2025-06-06 Implemented by adamgundry (+262 days) PR #680: Clarify CRLF behavior in multiline strings · 2024-10-16 Created by brandonchinn178 · 2024-11-11 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+26 days) · 2024-11-11 Committee discussion by sgraf812 (+0 days) · 2024-11-21 Accepted by sgraf812 (+10 days) · 2024-11-22 Closed by adamgundry (+1 days) 2025-06-06 Implemented by adamgundry (+196 days) PR #681: Updates to modifiers proposal · 2024-11-07 Created by ChickenProp 2025-09-09 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+306 days) 2025-09-12 Needs revision by simonpj (+3 days) 2025-10-20 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+38 days) 2025-11-25 Committee discussion by adamgundry (+36 days) 2025-12-02 Accepted by Tritlo (+7 days) 2025-12-02 Closed by Tritlo (+0 days) PR #682: Explicit Level Imports · 2024-11-15 Created by mpickering · 2024-12-02 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+17 days) · 2024-12-09 Needs revision by aspiwack (+7 days) · 2024-12-20 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+11 days) · 2025-01-09 Committee discussion by aspiwack (+20 days) · 2025-03-06 Accepted by aspiwack (+56 days) · 2025-03-07 Closed by adamgundry (+1 days) 2025-05-13 Implemented by adamgundry (+67 days) PR #684: ForUnique Quantifier · 2024-11-28 Created by VitWW 2025-07-24 Closed by VitWW (+238 days) PR #686: Fix spec for string gaps in multiline strings · 2025-02-23 Created by brandonchinn178 · 2025-03-04 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+9 days) · 2025-03-06 Committee discussion by maralorn (+2 days) 2025-04-05 Accepted by maralorn (+30 days) 2025-04-05 Closed by maralorn (+0 days) 2025-06-06 Implemented by adamgundry (+62 days) PR #687: Add proposal for amending monad of no return · 2025-02-26 Created by L0neGamer 2025-04-08 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+41 days) 2025-04-19 Needs revision by adamgundry (+11 days) 2025-09-11 Closed by L0neGamer (+145 days) PR #688: Add implementation plan for #581 Namespace-specified imports 2025-03-21 Created by int-index 2025-03-22 Closed by adamgundry (+1 days) PR #689: Permutation import syntax 2025-04-01 Created by phadej PR #690: Extending Constraint Syntax to Include Disequality Constraints 2025-04-08 Created by submarinez 2025-04-08 Closed by submarinez (+0 days) PR #691: Introduce a new XLowLevelHaskell meta extension. 2025-04-16 Created by AndreasPK PR #692: Impact analysis for #581 Namespace-specified imports 2025-04-19 Created by int-index 2025-05-13 Closed by adamgundry (+24 days) PR #693: Fix typo 2025-04-20 Created by TeofilC 2025-04-21 Closed by adamgundry (+1 days) PR #695: NamedDefaults: clarify interactions 2025-04-21 Created by sheaf PR #696: Splitting out stable subsets from `template-haskell` (`template-haskell-lift` and `template-haskell-quasiquote`) 2025-04-25 Created by TeofilC 2025-06-16 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+52 days) 2025-06-23 Committee discussion by sgraf812 (+7 days) 2025-07-14 Accepted by sgraf812 (+21 days) 2025-07-27 Closed by sgraf812 (+13 days) PR #697: Fix non-Nix build 2025-05-02 Created by brandonchinn178 2025-05-02 Closed by adamgundry (+0 days) PR #698: QualifiedLiterals 2025-05-07 Created by brandonchinn178 2025-07-17 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+71 days) 2025-07-29 Needs revision by erikd (+12 days) 2025-08-20 Committee discussion by erikd (+22 days) 2025-09-09 Closed by brandonchinn178 (+20 days) PR #700: Abstract Q 2025-05-24 Created by TeofilC 2026-03-10 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by simonmar (+290 days) PR #701: 581: Wildcard specification 2025-06-02 Created by int-index 2025-10-28 Closed by adamgundry (+148 days) PR #705: Explicit Level Imports: refine specification for exports 2025-07-17 Created by mpickering 2025-08-07 Closed by adamgundry (+21 days) 2025-08-07 Accepted by adamgundry (+0 days) 2025-08-07 Implemented by adamgundry (+0 days) PR #707: DRAFT: Shared class methods 2025-07-21 Created by L0neGamer 2025-07-28 Closed by L0neGamer (+7 days) PR #708: DRAFT: Deriving superclasses 2025-07-21 Created by L0neGamer 2025-07-28 Closed by L0neGamer (+7 days) PR #709: ForScoped Quantifier 2025-07-24 Created by VitWW PR #710: Local Quantifiers 2025-07-24 Created by VitWW PR #711: NotProposal: Updated Proposal process 2025-08-05 Created by VitWW 2025-08-05 Closed by VitWW (+0 days) PR #712: Fix: Updated Proposal process 2025-08-05 Created by VitWW 2025-09-09 Closed by adamgundry (+35 days) PR #713: Fix documentation build on nix 2025-08-05 Created by mpickering 2025-08-07 Closed by adamgundry (+2 days) PR #715: Protected Pragma 2025-08-12 Created by Oleksandr-Zhabenko PR #716: Fix: Repair links in 0586 Split WUnused-imports 2025-08-20 Created by VitWW 2025-08-20 Closed by adamgundry (+0 days) PR #717: Fix: Repair format in 522 Or patterns 2025-08-25 Created by VitWW 2025-08-27 Closed by adamgundry (+2 days) PR #718: Fix: Repair format in 76 Numeric Underscores 2025-09-01 Created by VitWW 2025-09-01 Closed by adamgundry (+0 days) PR #719: Fix: Repair format in 111 Linear Types 2025-09-03 Created by VitWW 2025-09-04 Closed by adamgundry (+1 days) PR #720: GHCi command for recompilation-aware evaluation 2025-09-04 Created by alexfmpe 2026-03-10 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by simonmar (+187 days) PR #721: Fix: Repair format in 107 Source plugins 2025-09-08 Created by VitWW 2025-09-09 Closed by adamgundry (+1 days) PR #722: Clarify no whitespace allowed in QualifiedDo 2025-09-09 Created by brandonchinn178 2025-09-09 Closed by adamgundry (+0 days) PR #723: Break out proposal for QualifiedStrings 2025-09-09 Created by brandonchinn178 2025-10-14 Accepted by adamgundry (+35 days) 2025-10-14 Closed by adamgundry (+0 days) PR #724: Break out proposal for QualifiedLists 2025-09-09 Created by brandonchinn178 2025-10-14 Needs revision by adamgundry (+35 days) PR #725: Break out proposal for QualifiedNumerics 2025-09-09 Created by brandonchinn178 2025-10-14 Needs revision by adamgundry (+35 days) PR #726: Add section to README clarifying role of shepherd 2025-09-10 Created by adamgundry 2025-10-14 Closed by adamgundry (+34 days) PR #727: Fix: fix format at the table in Readme 2025-09-11 Created by VitWW 2025-09-25 Closed by adamgundry (+14 days) PR #729: New syntax for Visible ForAll 2025-09-20 Created by VitWW PR #730: Fixes to string proposals 2025-10-22 Created by brandonchinn178 2025-11-04 Closed by adamgundry (+13 days) PR #732: Simplify static forms 2025-11-19 Created by simonpj 2025-11-25 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by adamgundry (+6 days) 2025-12-03 Committee discussion by JakobBruenker (+8 days) 2025-12-18 Needs revision by JakobBruenker (+15 days) 2025-12-18 Accepted by JakobBruenker (+0 days) 2025-12-18 Closed by JakobBruenker (+0 days) PR #733: Differently typed duplicate record fields 2025-11-26 Created by brandonchinn178 PR #734: Deriving Superclasses 2025-12-08 Created by L0neGamer 2026-01-27 Closed by L0neGamer (+50 days) PR #735: Custom error messages for unsolved Wanteds 2025-12-18 Created by sheaf PR #737: Abstractly-keyed Implicit Bindings 2025-12-23 Created by shlevy PR #738: Amend #669 to categorize more language extensions 2026-01-12 Created by telser PR #740: LocalImports: Allow imports in let/where clauses 2026-01-19 Created by rashadg1030 PR #741: Scoped values 2026-01-26 Created by lortabac PR #742: QualifiedStrings updates 2026-01-31 Created by brandonchinn178 2026-03-10 Waiting for shepherd recommendation by simonmar (+38 days) PR #743: Contexts: A new construct for namespaces in Haskell 2026-03-02 Created by rashadg1030 2026-03-07 Closed by rashadg1030 (+5 days) 2026-03-07 Closed by rashadg1030 (+0 days) PR #744: Branch weight support 2026-03-03 Created by iand675 PR #745: Submodules 2026-03-07 Created by rashadg1030 PR #747: README: Update mailman URLs 2026-03-10 Created by TeofilC 2026-03-10 Closed by simonmar (+0 days)