Re: Why base library changes are only discussed on GHC issue tracker and not on the libraries@ list?
Oleg Grenrus <[email protected]> Wed, 7 Jul 2021 20:41:54 +0300
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There aren't. You are the last to edit that page: https://wiki.haskell.org/index.php?title=Library_submissions&action=history - Oleg On 7.7.2021 20.37, Carter Schonwald wrote: > It’s probably worth looking at the wiki edit history too. > > I’m pretty sure some edits were done to the policy in the past 18 > months without community feedback or discussion. > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 1:33 PM Oleg Grenrus <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Thanks for this reply. It made me reread > https://wiki.haskell.org/Library_submissions > <https://wiki.haskell.org/Library_submissions> page. > In the Guide to proposers section it says: > > - All library proposals should start on the relevant issue tracker. > - At this point, the library maintainer is responsible for taking > next steps. > - ... or decide that this is a controversial decision that must be > discussed with the CLC. > > - If the CLC decides that the discussion must be discussed with > the libraries@ mailing list, the original proposer may be asked to > moderate the libraries@ mailing list discussion > > So do I understand right: it's up to the base-library maintainer > to decide whether a change is controversial and must to be > discussed with CLC, which in can elevate it to wider discussion or > not. > > The page however lists Edward Kmett and Ryan Scott as > base-maintainers, which I'm pretty sure is not right. > Who are the base maintainers? > > I'm sorry for my misunderstanding, it seems you are right Sandy, > the issues should be discussed in the issue trackers first, and > only elevated to libraries@ list if CLC decides it needs to! > That is much more reasonable then going to the libraries@ directly > for every issue. > > > > - Oleg > > On 7.7.2021 19.41, Sandy Maguire wrote: >> At risk of being the messenger who gets shot.... >> >> As an outsider, it seems very reasonable to me to file a bug >> against the issue tracker for a project whose code I think should >> be changed. For better or worse, this is the way that 99% of >> software projects work. Expecting everyone in the community to >> know that they _shouldn't_ be filing bugs against the issue >> tracker is a losing battle. I'm more hooked in than most, and >> even I didn't know this. >> >> I can empathize with things not being done the way you'd like to >> be, but the claim that things happening on the GHC tracker are >> done "in private" is silly. The gitlab tracker is 10x more >> accessible, and the lack of community engagement on the mailing >> lists speaks volumes. >> >> And besides, nobody wants to be on a mailing list anyway. It's a >> terrible experience with weird branching and no persistence, and >> while there are archives, it's an extremely unpleasant thing to >> try to spelunk through. >> >> Best, >> Sandy >> >> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 8:52 AM Henning Thielemann >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, 7 Jul 2021, Oleg Grenrus wrote: >> >> > For example >> > >> > - https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/20044 >> <https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/20044> ByteArray >> migration >> > from primitive to base >> > - https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/20027 >> <https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/20027> Changing >> Show String >> > behavior >> > >> > Why they are discussed "in private", I thought libraries@ >> list is where >> > such changes should be discussed. >> >> I think so, too, and I missed them as well. >> _______________________________________________ >> Libraries mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries >> <http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries> >> > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries > <http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries> > _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list [email protected] http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries