It should still probably be at least mentioned during the next meeting, but I'm in favor.
On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 6:58 AM Artem Pelenitsyn <a.pelenit...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > cabal-devel mailing list > cabal-devel@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel > -- brandon s allbery kf8nh allber...@gmail.com
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