Hi, I feel that I should volunteer too (instead of complaining to Don :-) ) -Iavor
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Duncan Coutts<duncan.cou...@worc.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > All, > > We recently discussed on the libraries list the issue of major vs minor > releases, their frequency and what should be included in each. > http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/wiki/Policy > > There are a number of other policy decisions about the Haskell Platform > that we will need to make in the coming weeks and months. The platform > is supposed to be owned by and serve the interests of the community. As > such it is important that significant decisions have some kind of > community backing. The intention is that important issues are brought to > the libraries mailing list, debated there and decisions reached. > > To ensure that the relevant issues are indeed discussed and decisions > get made, we are proposing a steering committee. It would be the job of > the steering committee to see that the important issues are properly > discussed and decisions are made and recorded. > > It would be up to the committee to decide what issues to present, how to > start discussions and if necessary how to guide them. Here are some > examples of issues that the steering committee will likely want to bring > to the attention of this mailing list: > * general package quality requirements > * portability (OS and compiler/language) > * balance of quality vs quantity in libraries > * license requirements > * procedures for deciding which packages to add (or drop) > > It is not the intention that the committee members get much more say in > policy decisions than other active contributors to discussion on the > libraries mailing list. We hope therefore that the membership of the > committee does not need to be terribly formal. The only difficulty comes > when consensus cannot be reached on an issue where making some decision > is widely agreed to be better than making no decision. There is no > specified protocol for this situation at this stage. > > There would obviously have to be good communication between the steering > committee and the platform release team. The needs of the release team > will inform the issues that get discussed and obviously the libraries > list cannot mandate that the release team do the impractical. > > We are now seeking volunteers for this steering committee. A good number > is probably around five. > > Comments, criticisms and volunteers please! > > Duncan > > > PS. I'm going to be away 'til Sunday. > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > librar...@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > _______________________________________________ Haskell-platform mailing list Haskell-platform@projects.haskell.org http://projects.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-platform
