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Refine wording of README about delegation to other bodies

Open Adam Gundry requested to merge reword-readme into main

This slightly rewords the README to make two points:

  • GHC HQ has overall authority over GHC, and delegates that authority to the GHC Steering Committee and the CLC.
  • Major language features are expected to go to the GHC Steering Committee.

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  • Decisions about major features and the language that GHC compiles fall in the remit of the GHC Steering Committee.

    Hmm. What is a "major feature" other than "the language that GHC compiles? I'm not sure what you have in mind here.

    As to the "overall authority" bit, I suppose that's fair enough. But I don't want to get into a debate about who "wins" if theres is a conflict betwene the (small, by-invitation) GHC HQ group, and the (larger, call-for-nonimations) groups like the GHC SC or CLC. (Answer "everyone loses".) If there is any anxiety here, I'm content to leave it a bit ambiguous.

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    Hmm. What is a "major feature" other than "the language that GHC compiles? I'm not sure what you have in mind here.

    The ghc-proposals readme has a few examples, although I agree it is a bit ambiguous when a feature needs to go through the proposals process. And there has been a drift towards the steering committee primarily overseeing language changes and not necessarily other features.

    As to the "overall authority" bit, I suppose that's fair enough. But I don't want to get into a debate about who "wins" if theres is a conflict betwene the (small, by-invitation) GHC HQ group, and the (larger, call-for-nonimations) groups like the GHC SC or CLC. (Answer "everyone loses".) If there is any anxiety here, I'm content to leave it a bit ambiguous.

    I'm hopeful this isn't actually that controversial a point, but I can understand if you'd rather leave it untried!

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