Re: GHC 9.10 release schedule and core library status

Hi, Have all core/boot library maintainers been notified to join that mailing list? Where is that information? I don't see it. The only reason I got wind of this is because Hécate CCed the library ML as well. I remain unconvinced that this is a good way of coordinating releases across 20+ maintainers. Information that is necessary: - what versions do YOU need? - what versions do maintainers want to see in the next GHC release? - do maintainers want a "backport" of a version bump to an older GHC branch? - relationships between core libraries (that is the case for filepath) - deadline This could possibly be expressed in a shared spreadsheet, so that everyone understands the current status without going through mailing lists they're not subscribed to or issue trackers with 10+ posts. Thanks, Julian On February 5, 2024 2:28:16 PM UTC, Ben Gamari wrote:

Julian Ospald writes:

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Hi,

I'm unsure what the process here is. Do you expect every boot library maintainer to follow GHC issue tracker and comment there? Or to open a PR against ghc repo? I definitely won't do the latter as an unpaid volunteer (I don't want to deal with GHC MRs and CI).

We created the `ghc-releases` mailing list for the purpose of release coordination. In the past I have also frequently created tracking tickets in submodules' upstream repositories. I have not done that this time as we have this mailing list but I would be happy to do so if this would be preferable.

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For 'filepath' and 'unix' (and 'os-string', which is to become a boot package) I'd prefer if you open issues on each issue tracker. If that is too cumbersome, please link me to the place where I'm supposed to comment and give me a deadline.

Sure, I will create a pair of tracking tickets. The proposed deadline is before the second week in March.

Cheers,

- Ben