23 May
2013
23 May
'13
9:20 a.m.
On 2013-05-23 15:14, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
I wasn't suggesting arbitrary decisions ignoring opinions. On reflection "Tsar" carries the wrong connotations. How about "Core libraries facilitating group"? Or something less dull-sounding, but with the same sense. I like democracy as much as the next person. But someone has to drive the process or it wanders into the long grass.
The Trac wiki uses the phrase "first among equals" [1] for what we're calling Tsar here. It's less tongue-in-cheek, but does a way better job at avoiding confusion. :-) David [1]: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Contributors