On 02/09/2013 06:18 PM, Mark Lentczner wrote:
Here's the state of platform as I see it shaping up for 2013.2:
[..] This is looking like a great year for the platform!
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.
I'm especially interested in seeing aeson, criterion and test-framework make it into the platform. I'd also like to become more involved in the Haskell ecosystem, so - is there anything I can do to help? While I'm roughly familiar with the philosophy of the platform is there any thing I should read about how to contribute? Are there clear guidelines on the steps that a package needs to go through before it can be added?
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?
I'd also through in configuration into the mix (configurator?), and also perhaps command line argument parsing (optparse-applicative? cmdtheline?). - ocharles