Sounds like a good idea to me. We could add it to the agenda of the next meeting, perhaps. Or, if there's a unanimous support, maybe we don't have to do that (and save us some time :-))
-- Best, Artem On Wed, Oct 30, 2024, 4:59 AM Mikolaj Konarski <miko...@well-typed.com> wrote: > Andrew, thank you for your kind offer. > > Let me forward this to other Cabal developers. > > Best regards, > Mikolaj > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Andrew Lelechenko <andrew.leleche...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 1:50 AM > Subject: Is Cabal a core library? > To: Mikolaj Konarski <miko...@well-typed.com>, Hécate <hec...@glitchbra.in > > > > > Hi Mikolaj and Hecate, > > There is a push to consolidate notions of boot (= needed to build GHC) > and core (= under CLC aegis) libraries, so that critical parts of > Haskell ecosystem are more resilient. How do you feel about > designating `Cabal` and `Cabal-syntax` as core packages? > > While at the moment Cabal has a very healthy team (thanks a ton for > your work!), there were moments in Cabal history when things were > drastically different. So having an additional safety net, such that > CLC is able to provide additional / emergency maintenance, could be > helpful in future. > > Designating a library as a core package does not impose much change on > day-to-day operations. CLC does not interfere with daily development > of Core Libraries as long as appointed maintainers keep them in an > appropriate shape and support healthy communication with contributors. > You can find the full policy at > > https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee?tab=readme-ov-file#core-libraries > > (Feel free to forward to other Cabal developers) > > Best regards, > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > cabal-devel mailing list > cabal-devel@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel >
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