Question about happstack 8 roadmap?

[Alex Greif]

Hi,

the last post was more than a year ago...
are there any news on the "happsatck 8 roadmap" ?

thanks,
Alex.

[Jeremy Shaw]

Hello Alex!

Much work is still happening in the greater Happstack ecosystem. But it is
true that the core of Happstack has received less attention recently. In
part this is because the core of Happstack is so reliable that there has
not been a huge imperative to spend a lot of time hacking on it. Making
sure it does not bitrot is very important. But much of the interesting
development these days in the outer layers. Is isomorphic javascript a good
idea or a bad idea? And if so, how can we have isomorphic Haskell instead?

So, much time has been spent in the outer realms working on things like
client-side Haskell, Stripe libraries, etc.

However, it is a thorn in my side that the core Happstack code has not
received as much attention as I would like. I do have plans to get back to
focusing on things like 'hyperdrive' very soon now because the HTTP
standards are evolving to the point where there are now new things we would
like to support rather than minor improvements to things we already support.

So, I guess the news is -- we spent a lot of time working on Happstack
related tasks -- a new version of happstack-authenticate, a better stripe
library, etc. So, in that sense, a lot has been happening. But, we also
recognize that not everyone cares about those things and that there are
improvements to the core which would be more exciting to the general public.

- jeremy

Post by Alex Greif
Hi,
the last post was more than a year ago...
are there any news on the "happsatck 8 roadmap" ?
thanks,
Alex.
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[Alex Greif]

Hi Jeremy,

thanks for the detailed explanation.
I am currently beginning haskell web development and have a few questions
regarding happstack's development...
May I ask
- how many haskell developers are working on happstack ecosystem?
- what happens if some keyplayers, for any reason, cannot continue on the
project?
- are specific parts, like 'hyperdrive' developed in a team, or is the loss
of one person a serious showstopper?

I could ask these questions also the yesod team ... I am still in the phase
of finding the right framework for me.

thanks,
ALex.