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# Minutes of the 31st meeting of the Scala Center, Q4 2023
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Minutes are [archived](https://scala.epfl.ch/records.html) on the
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Scala Center website.
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## Summary
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The following agenda was distributed to attendees:
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[agenda](https://github.com/scalacenter/advisoryboard/blob/main/agendas/031-2023-q4.md).
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Center activities for the past quarter focused on Scala 3 features and
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compiler performance, Scala.js, the Scala Improvement Process, sbt 2,
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Scastie, Scala CLI, TASTy Query, Advent of Code, compiler sprees,
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Google Summer of Code, fundraising, and more.
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Details are below and in the Center's activity report:
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* [report](https://scala.epfl.ch/records/2023-Q4-activity-report.html)
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No new proposals were received this quarter.
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## Date, Time and Location
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The meeting took place virtually on Tuesday, February 7, 2024 at
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15:00 (UTC).
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Minutes were taken by Seth Tisue (secretary).
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## Attendees
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Officers:
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* Chris Kipp (chairperson)
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* Darja Jovanovic (executive director), EPFL
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* Sébastien Doeraene (interim technical director), EPFL
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* Martin Odersky (technical advisor), EPFL
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* Seth Tisue (secretary), Lightbend
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Board members:
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* Noel Markham, Xebia Functional
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* Paweł Marks, VirtusLab (subbing for Krzysztof Romanowski)
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* Claire McGinty, Spotify
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* Lukas Rytz, Lightbend
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* Daniela Sfregola, Morgan Stanley
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* Eugene Yokota, community representative
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## Technical report
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Seb, as interim technical director, summarized Scala Center activities
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since the last meeting. His remarks mainly consisted of brief
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highlights taken from the Center's more detailed Q4 quarterly activity
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report:
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* [report](https://scala.epfl.ch/records/2023-Q4-activity-report.html)
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And the Center's Q4 roadmap:
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* [roadmap](https://scala.epfl.ch/records/2023-Q4-roadmap.html)
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The following notes do not repeat the contents of the report and
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roadmap, but only supplement them.
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Martin offered congratulations to Eugene and the Center on getting sbt
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2.x initially compiling on Scala 3. Eugene mentioned that a number of
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"hacks" in the sbt codebase were no longer necessary on Scala 3, and
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that the new macro implementations were "safer" thanks to Scala 3.
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The Center declined to issue a ruling on whether Scala CLI is
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pronounced "Scala C.L.I." or "Scala Clee" :-)
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Chris asked about broader Scalafix improvements, as previously
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discussed in 2021 when
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[SCP-027](https://github.com/scalacenter/advisoryboard/blob/main/proposals/027-refactoring.md)
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was submitted. Seb said that hasn't been revisited recently but
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they'll take a second look if there is sufficient engineering time
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available this year.
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Seth observed that Scalafix seems underused in the community, and
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although it's not clear why. It could be because it's not well
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integrated enough with tooling, and/or insufficient documentation and
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publicity? And do people know where to find rules?
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Branching off the Scalafix discussion, Eugene observed that we don't
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have good centralized documentation and recommendations on what
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compiler flags are available and which ones should be enabled (in
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general, and also in specific scenarios such as cross-building).
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Chris praised the successful recent work on "quickfixes" in Scala 2.
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"I'm amazed how easy it is to trigger a quickfix and it makes me so
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happy every time it works." This connects to the Scalafix discussion
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because quickfixes and Scalafix overlap in purpose, and the compiler
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has information about user code that Scalafix may not.
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## Scala 2 report
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This was presented by Seth.
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At the time of the meeting, 2.12.19 was at the release-candidate
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stage, 2.13.13 was almost there, and the following forum threads were
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open for discussing the contents and timing of the two impending
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releases:
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* [Scala 2.13.13](https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/scala-2-13-13-release-planning/6315)
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* [Scala 2.12.19](https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/scala-2-12-19-release-planning/6216)
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After the meeting, the following threads were opened to discuss the
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next releases:
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* [Scala 2.12.20](https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/scala-2-12-20-release-planning/6580)
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* [Scala 2.13.14](https://contributors.scala-lang.org/t/scala-2-13-14-release-planning/6581)
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The technical highlight of 2.13.13 is the introduction of
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`-Xsource:3-cross` as an alternative to `-Xsource:3`; the former is
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for crossbuilding, the latter for migration.
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## Community report
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Eugene led some brief discussion about the health of various segments
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of the community (Spark users, Typelevel, ZIO, Akka, and so forth).
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He also noted that his experience with co-organizing Scala Matsuri is
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that times are currently tough for conference organizers, especially
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in seeking sponsorship, likely because the job market in IT generally
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is weak, and sponsorship money is often motivated by recruiting.
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Darja said that she's very encouraged by all the signs she's seeing
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that conference and meetup activity are reviving, post-pandemic.
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Eugene also updated us on the health of the sbt plugin ecosystem.
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Many plugins have changed owners, dormant plugins are being revived,
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and many are now publishing to Maven Central. The Play and Pekko
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projects are among the drivers of this work.
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Chris asked the Center if a second community representative has
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been found yet. Darja says that a strong candidate has emerged
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and will hopefully join next quarter.
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## Management and financial report
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This was presented by Darja. Her report centered on fundraising. The
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Center is in need of new money, as a number of board members bowed out
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in 2023. The Center is pursuing various potential funding
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prospects. It seems that times are tough all over for open source
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funding. As part of bringing new members on board, some adjustments to
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the charter may be proposed, for example, to flexibly accommodate
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different sizes of company. Details remain to be seen.
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For practical reasons, and to the Center's regret, there is little
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likelihood of Scala Days happening in 2024. The Center is highly
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optimistic that it can be revived in 2025; doing that is a high
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priority. (There was a long discussion about various ways this
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might hypothetically play out.)
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There was also some discussion of what online services the Center
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should be using for publicity. One theme that came up is that some
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venues are better suited for interaction with the community, others
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best used only to broadcast announcements.
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## Conclusion
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We talked about what upcoming conferences we might see each other at,
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otherwise, see you online!

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### Board meeting minutes
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- [February 7, 2024 - Thirty-First SC Advisory Board Meeting](/minutes/2024/02/07/february-7-2024.html)
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- [October 17, 2023 - Thirtieth SC Advisory Board Meeting](/minutes/2023/10/17/october-17-2023.html)
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- [July 26, 2023 - Twenty-Ninth SC Advisory Board Meeting](/minutes/2023/07/26/july-26-2023.html)
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- [April 27, 2023 - Twenty-Eighth SC Advisory Board Meeting](/minutes/2023/04/27/april-27-2023.html)

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