On 10/22/2015 02:25 PM, Edward Kmett wrote:
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> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Geoffrey Mainland
> <mainl...@apeiron.net <mailto:mainl...@apeiron.net>> wrote:
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> On 10/22/2015 01:29 PM, Edward Kmett wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:59 PM,
On 10/22/2015 02:40 AM, Edward Kmett wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Gregory Collins
> <g...@gregorycollins.net <mailto:g...@gregorycollins.net>> wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Geoffrey Mainland
> <mainl...@apeiron.net <
id this kind of issue: spend more
time thinking about ways to maintain compatibility. We had proposals for
doing this with AMP.
Cheers,
Geoff
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> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Geoffrey Mainland <mainl...@apeiron.net>
> wrote:
>> On 10/22/2015 02:40 AM, Edward Kmett wrote:
> I outlined one possible path to avoid this kind of issue: spend more
> time thinking about ways to maintain compatibility. We had
> proposals for
> doing this with AMP.
>
>
> And on the other hand we also had a concrete proposal that didn't
> require language changes that was
On 10/21/2015 07:30 AM, Simon Peyton Jones wrote:
> Friends
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> I think it's good for us to debate the question of how we should balance
> innovation against change; and how we should make those decisions in future.
> Geoff's message had some good ideas, especially this bit:
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> | Proposal 2:
point reached where that
> has affected a membership decision.
>
> -Edward
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> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Geoffrey Mainland
> <mainl...@apeiron.net <mailto:mainl...@apeiron.net>> wrote:
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> On 10/21/2015 07:55 AM, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote:
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o make GHC capable of switching out entire base library
> sets; but someone has to implement that, and once you have it, it
> makes the report specifications _less_ essential.
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> Anyhow, that's my history lesson. Take it as you (all) will.
>
> Cheers,
> -- Dan
>
> On Wed, Oct
Apologies for the previous mailer-mangled "draft"...
On 10/21/2015 07:55 AM, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote:
> Hello,
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> On 2015-10-21 at 02:39:57 +0200, Geoffrey Mainland wrote:
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> [...]
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>> In effect, only those who actively follow the libraries list have
On 10/21/2015 07:55 AM, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote:
> Hello, > > On 2015-10-21 at 02:39:57 +0200, Geoffrey Mainland wrote: > > [...]
> >> In effect, only those who actively follow the libraries list have
had a >> voice in these decisions. Maybe that is wh
