I'll try to occasionally post an announcement of the the status of Haskell'[1], the next Haskell standard, so that you can all be aware of my thinking, and our current place in the timeline. There is a list of proposals and a "strawman" categorization of them on the wiki[2]. The categorization reflects someone's current thinking about what's in and out, but it's really just for discussion at this phase. The timeline for this effort is also on the wiki[4]. You'll notice that it's very aggressive; we plan to announce something at the next Haskell Workshop in September. Our current spot in the timeline is that we're meant to be brainstorming, discussing, and refining proposals. I've just posted some leading questions [3] in order to focus the discussion a bit. I can't help but notice that there is a lot of excitement (and support?) for a larger standard; one that would have a bigger impact. I think that part of the Haskell' effort should be to make a plan for moving forward. At the very least we should have a set of recommendations for what the community needs to work on between this and the next standard; what are the most promising proposals and what needs to happen to make them a reality. I think that the wiki will be a great resource for any future standard, and we should work to make it as nice as possible. Please reply to the Haskell' mailing list, and email me if you have any questions. peace, isaac [1] Haskell' Wiki: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime [2] list of proposals and strawman categorization: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime/report/9 [3] plan for moving discussion forward http://www.haskell.org//pipermail/haskell-prime/2006-February/000582.html [4] The TimeLine is here. Ascii text of the timeline follows (might not make sense unless you use a proportional font: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime/wiki/TimeLine Write Report----Review---- | | Edit | Discuss / Refine--|---------- | | | | | | | brainstorm----------- | | | | | | | | | | | setup | | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 | 11 | 12 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 2005 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | Face-To-Face? | Strawman Trial Decision Announce @HW