Here's the state of platform as I see it shaping up for 2013.2: Proposals in flight for 2013.2: - *case-insensitive:* looking good - will require *hashable* - *attoparsec: *looking good - *JuicyPixels:* people like the idea of having a library like this one, perhaps even this one, but there is concern that this API hasn't baked enough. - *OpenGL *&* GLUT:* there is a proposal to remove these. The HP versions are very stale, and the new versions would require inclusion of packages* ObjectName*, *StateVar* and *Tensor* which has not met with approval. I would like to see those three packages removed, the modules folded back into OpenGL, and put under Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL. Proposals we need for 2013.2: - *hashable:* required by case-insensitive, no proposal yet Proposals I'd like to see for 2013.2: - *unordered-containers: *though, perhaps Johan is going to meld that into *containers*? I'd like to see the development plan for this (and * hashable*) settled. - *aeson:* we need this in the platform, as JSON has become ubiquitous. It requires settling *hashable* and *unordered-containers*. Proposals that will take some more thought, hence not likely for 2013.2: - *test-framework* & friends: these require a number of other packages like *ansi-terminal* and *hostname*. I suspect they should all just go in, but it will take some time to review and prep all that. - *criterion* & *statistics:* both require a number of smaller packages we don't have like *erf* and *math-functions*. Again, will take time to sort out. Areas still looking for good candidates (if these are simple could make it this round): - simple db like dbm or sqlite support - file utils for common file system manipulations - logging - 2D graphics - perhaps gloss and/or diagrams? - Mark