# Haskell Foundation

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## [Finishing up my last work day at the HF](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/finishing-up-my-last-work-day-at-the-hf/7660)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/finishing-up-my-last-work-day-at-the-hf/7660 "2023-09-29T10:59:28Z")

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I’m finishing up my last working day as Executive Director of the HF. I thought I’d take a moment to reflect on what we’ve done during my time at the HF, and sketch out the next couple of months. Building on Andrew and E…

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## [Haskell Foundation September 2023 Update](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-september-2023-update/7654)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-september-2023-update/7654 "2023-09-22T14:09:19Z")

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This is my last monthly update as Executive Director of the Haskell Foundation. It’s coming out a bit early because this is my last work day - I’ll have a week of vacation after an intense period of work ensuring that th…

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## [A New Home for Stackage](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/a-new-home-for-stackage/7632)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/a-new-home-for-stackage/7632 "2023-09-20T18:41:23Z")

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Since 2015, FP Complete has been developing Stack and its associated backend infrastructure, and have donated the hardware resources, time, and expertise needed to make the services available to the community. Stack and …

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## [DevOps Weekly Log, 2023-09-20](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/devops-weekly-log-2023-09-20/7635)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/devops-weekly-log-2023-09-20/7635 "2023-09-20T18:32:25Z")

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Hello, time for another weekly log from the ever-changing world of DevOps! This log has five things to mention, which are a mix of GHC and Haskell Foundation tasks. It’s been a busy couple weeks. On the HF side, David …

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## [Haskell CI Group Meeting Notes, 2023-09-14](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-ci-group-meeting-notes-2023-09-14/7613)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-ci-group-meeting-notes-2023-09-14/7613 "2023-09-18T12:26:25Z")

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Haskell CI Group Notes Thursday, September 14 2023 Discussion summary A tale of how IOG discovered the value of version bounds Thoughts on approaches to keeping version bounds up to date Clarification on platform supp…

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## [Seeking a new director for the Haskell Foundation](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/seeking-a-new-director-for-the-haskell-foundation/7497)

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**Author:** [@rae](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/rae)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/seeking-a-new-director-for-the-haskell-foundation/7497 "2023-09-15T21:24:16Z")

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With @david-christiansen’s departure coming up in about a month, the Haskell Foundation is now seeking a new Executive Director. Here is the full job description and instructions for applying. Basically, we’re looking fo…

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## [DevOps Weekly Log, 2023-09-06](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/devops-weekly-log-2023-09-06/7537)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/devops-weekly-log-2023-09-06/7537 "2023-09-13T17:42:35Z")

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Hello, it’s another weekly log. Although my roadmap is still basically the one I laid out a couple posts back, I have been ill for part of last week and working on a few little side quests for the Haskell Foundation in …

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## [An opportunity that I couldn't pass up](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/an-opportunity-that-i-couldnt-pass-up/7485)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/an-opportunity-that-i-couldnt-pass-up/7485 "2023-09-06T19:17:54Z")

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Dear Haskell Community, Since May, 2022, I’ve had the honor and pleasure of serving as the Executive Director of the Haskell Foundation. As many of you know, I’ve had a deep and abiding interest in dependently-typed pro…

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## [Haskell Foundation August 2023 Update](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-august-2023-update/7521)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-august-2023-update/7521 "2023-09-04T20:39:30Z")

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Seeking an Executive Director This is my second-last monthly update. Last week, I announced that I’ll be leaving my role as Executive Director of the Haskell Foundation at the end of September, returning to a full-time s…

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## [Haskell Foundation DevOps Weekly Log, 2023-08-30](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-08-30/7477)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-08-30/7477 "2023-08-30T07:14:34Z")

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Hello, welcome to my weekly log. In my last log, I expanded a bit on my current context. In brief, I am working on spurious failures in CI. After that I have two medium-term goals: build a new CI cluster and take over G…

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## [Base proposal around vector-like types](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/base-proposal-around-vector-like-types/2112)

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**Author:** [@snoyberg](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/snoyberg)\
**Replies:** 85\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/base-proposal-around-vector-like-types/2112 "2023-08-26T23:23:53Z")

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Following up on the previous discussions around alternative standard libraries and preludes, I wrote up a proposal for what I’d like to see to address IMO a major pain point today: the proliferation of different packed m…

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## [Haskell Foundation DevOps Weekly Log, 2023-08-23](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-08-23/7395)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-08-23/7395 "2023-08-23T17:23:32Z")

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Hello, and welcome to the next weekly log! The last few logs have been fairly brief, so in this one I’ll expand a bit on my current context. Spurious Failures I started this job by looking at spurious failures in GHC …

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## [Haskell CI Group meeting notes](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-ci-group-meeting-notes/7315)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-ci-group-meeting-notes/7315 "2023-08-17T17:50:12Z")

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Hi everyone, Last week I hosted the first Haskell CI Group meeting. Notes from the meeting and other details are now available at the Haskell CI Group repository. I’m looking forward to the next one next month! Let me …

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## [Haskell Foundation DevOps Weekly Log, 2023-08-16](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-08-16/7321)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
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**Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-08-16/7321 "2023-08-16T06:19:22Z")

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Hello, welcome to the weekly log. The main highlight of the last week was the Haskell CI group meeting, which took place last Thursday. You can learn more about this group, including how to participate, at the repo I cr…

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## [Haskell Foundation DevOps Weekly Log, 2023-08-09](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-08-09/7243)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-08-09/7243 "2023-08-09T07:39:54Z")

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Hello, welcome to the weekly log. The last few days have been spent on emergent issues. The release build of Cabal for recent Macs failed because of a brew issue. I looked into rewriting the build to be more robust, b…

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## [Haskell Foundation July 2023 Update](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-july-2023-update/7192)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-july-2023-update/7192 "2023-08-03T13:06:40Z")

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Technical Agenda DevOps Bryan was on summer vacation for the last two weeks of July, so there were only two weekly logs posted: 2023-07-05 2023-07-12 Additionally, he wrote a report about his activities from his first…

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## [Haskell Foundation DevOps Weekly Log, 2023-08-03](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-08-03/7186)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-08-03/7186 "2023-08-03T09:41:28Z")

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Hello! Sorry this log is a day late, I lost track of time yesterday. Since I just came back from a two-week vacation, there is not much to report on my own work. GHC CI has experienced a number of issues while I was gon…

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## [Seeking new upload approvers for Hackage](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/seeking-new-upload-approvers-for-hackage/7169)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/seeking-new-upload-approvers-for-hackage/7169 "2023-08-02T08:45:05Z")

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The Hackage Trustees are seeking volunteers to help with the creation of new user accounts. It’s not a lot of work - around five minutes per day - and it helps keep Hackage spam-free. Because Hackage is immutable, spam …

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## [GHC Steering Committee seeks input from industrial Haskell users](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/ghc-steering-committee-seeks-input-from-industrial-haskell-users/7096)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/ghc-steering-committee-seeks-input-from-industrial-haskell-users/7096 "2023-08-01T07:35:54Z")

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GHC Proposal #601 proposes a lifecycle for Haskell language extensions and an associated system of compiler warnings. The lifecycle categorizes language extensions as being one of the following: An experimental extensi…

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## [\[HF proposal\] Job posting platforms and moderation](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/hf-proposal-job-posting-platforms-and-moderation/7121)

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**Author:** [@hasufell](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/hasufell)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/hf-proposal-job-posting-platforms-and-moderation/7121 "2023-07-28T09:40:28Z")

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## [Haskell Foundation DevOps Yearly Log, 2023](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-yearly-log-2023/7007)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-yearly-log-2023/7007 "2023-07-24T17:47:48Z")

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In the tradition of his weekly updates, @chreekat wrote an annual update that describes his ongoing work from a more holistic perspective. He’s just gone on vacation, and it took me a moment to get the website set up to …

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## [Videos from the GHC Contributor's Workshop](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/videos-from-the-ghc-contributors-workshop/6961)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/videos-from-the-ghc-contributors-workshop/6961 "2023-07-14T11:58:36Z")

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The videos from the GHC Contributor’s Workshop have come back from the editor. I’m in the process of getting them all uploaded, and as YouTube’s upload caps allow, I’ll get them released. For now, the videos from the fi…

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## [Haskell Foundation DevOps Weekly Log, 2023-07-12](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-07-12/6978)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-07-12/6978 "2023-07-12T15:32:16Z")

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Hello! In the last week I came tantalizingly close to deploying spuriobot, the new version of my GitLab webhook that identifies and retries spurious failures in CI. I had some more time to work on it today, and added so…

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## [A transition plan for the subreddit](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/a-transition-plan-for-the-subreddit/6885)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/a-transition-plan-for-the-subreddit/6885 "2023-07-10T16:07:52Z")

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@taylorfausak has entrusted the Haskell Foundation with the task of reopening the Haskell subreddit. This involves recruiting a new moderator team. In the meantime, @emilypi, @tomjaguarpaw, and @chris will be serving as …

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## [Haskell Foundation May & June 2023 Update](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-may-june-2023-update/6896)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-may-june-2023-update/6896 "2023-07-07T21:44:38Z")

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Technical Agenda GHC Contributors’ Workshop 2023 In early June, OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, the GHC Team, and the Haskell Foundation ran a hybrid-online introduction to working on GHC. The goa…

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## [\[HF\] How to source industry opinions?](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/hf-how-to-source-industry-opinions/6878)

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**Author:** [@hasufell](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/hasufell)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/hf-how-to-source-industry-opinions/6878 "2023-07-07T15:33:50Z")

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We have various platforms, such as discourse. We also have the Haskell survey. But I still feel these mostly represent hardcore Haskell users. How do e.g. tooling maintainers reach out to their industrial downstream us…

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## [Haskell Foundation DevOps Weekly Log, 2023-07-05](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-07-05/6856)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-07-05/6856 "2023-07-05T18:50:15Z")

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Welcome to another weekly log! In the last week, I have finished splitting my spurious failure-handling bot into its own package, and I am nearly finished implementing retry backoff. Runaway retries have definitely been…

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## [GHC Proposal: Extension lifecycle framework](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/ghc-proposal-extension-lifecycle-framework/6828)

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**Author:** [@david-christiansen](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/david-christiansen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/ghc-proposal-extension-lifecycle-framework/6828 "2023-07-04T12:43:11Z")

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One thing that has come up in discussions in the HF’s Stability Working Group is that some users of Haskell have difficulties navigating the many language extensions that are available. Some extensions seem unlikely to e…

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## [Haskell Foundation DevOps Weekly Log, 2023-06-28](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-06-28/6736)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-06-28/6736 "2023-06-28T17:35:39Z")

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Welcome to another weekly log! After coming back from a trip to see the solstice midnight sun, I continued the rewrite of spuriobot (in progress). Then I had to switch gears and focus on some CI infrastructure issues: a…

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## [Haskell Foundation DevOps Weekly Log, 2023-06-21](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-06-21/6612)

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**Author:** [@chreekat](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/chreekat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-foundation-devops-weekly-log-2023-06-21/6612 "2023-06-21T14:30:02Z")

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Happy summer solstice! In the past week, I continued splitting spuriobot—the service that restarts spurious failures on gitlab.haskell.org—into its own application. This week I am on vacation (hello from “Sauna World” i…

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