On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 08:34:26AM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> On Sat, 2022-07-23 at 02:49 +0100, Sam James wrote:
> > # Sam James <[email protected]> (2022-07-22)
> > # Monolithic mask for dev-haskell/* packages which have no reverse 
> > dependencies,
> > # are broken, or severely out of date. The aim is to have the Haskell 
> > overlay
> > # (::haskell) be the place for development packages and only have packages
> > # needed for end-user applications in ::gentoo, as the status who has
> > # proven to be unsustainable. More up-to-date versions of these packages
> > # are available in ::haskell.
> > # Removal on 2022-08-22.
> > ...
> > dev-haskell/hakyll
> > ...
> > sci-mathematics/agda
> > 
> 
> Those two are (relatively) popular end-user applications.
> 
> I'm sure this came up already, but just in case it didn't: we largely
> have two non-developers maintaining the ::haskell overlay, and they've
> been doing so since slyfox's retirement. Since there's an ongoing
> thread about recruitment... has anyone thought about letting them do
> their work in ::gentoo instead?

Yes, I (and others) have encouraged them to do the quiz and offered
mentoring them.

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