(We need an email alias for the steering committee. Perhaps hp-commit...@haskell.org)
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Duncan Coutts <duncan.cou...@googlemail.com> wrote: > So as I mentioned in my recent reply to Bryan about the process, I > think it would help if we, the committee members, took the active role > in discussions that we originally intended. To do that I suggest that > we assign a steering committee member to each new proposal when it is > first proposed. It would be the responsibility of that committee > member to do the various things set out in the proposal process > document that we all wrote. > > Mainly that means making sure that objections etc are being recorded > in the wiki (since long threads can be hard to track) and doing the > call for consensus on specific issues. They could also act moderator > if the discussions are getting off-topic and relieve a bit of pressure > on the package author. This sounds like a good idea. > I think we should also re-emphasise the role of the package proposers, > as distinct from the package author. The tasks in the proposal process (e.g. tracking open issues) were originally aimed at the proposer. Perhaps it will work a bit better if a steering committee member takes over those tasks. Johan _______________________________________________ Haskell-platform mailing list Haskell-platform@projects.haskell.org http://projects.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-platform
