Making decisions

[Andreas Abel]

On 23.05.2013 10:13, Shachaf Ben-Kiki wrote:
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 3:48 AM, Simon Peyton-Jones
> <simonpj at microsoft.com> wrote:
>> Is that what others feel, or are you all happy?   My proposal would be to form a Library Tsars committee, that
>> * Takes ownership of the "GHC HQ" libraries
>> * Also owns any global library issues; ones that can't be resolved
>>      by a single maintainer
>>
>> Like any maintainer the Library Tsars would be expected to follow the guidance on the wiki http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Library_submissions#Guidance_for_maintainers (responsiveness, consultation, etc).  But they could actually decide things.
>
> +1

+1

The library Tsars should have some 'executive' capabilities, i.e., some 
resources to actually implement small to medium changes which they 
approve.  Of course, implementation can be delegated, but the Tsars 
should be a driving force.


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