On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 11:07 AM Dave Cridland <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think there's a third option, which is to move the responsibility for > processing non-GitHub PRs onto the submitter, and have them find a volunteer > to handle it each time (a Document Shepherd, additional Author, or whatever). > I worry that if there's a body on the Editorial team who handles this very > rare case, it'll likely mean that when it's needed, we've mostly forgotten > who has this role, or they've drifted away, or whatever. Once submitted, it's > the Author's responsibility to do the updates by PR as well, so this is a > task for the lifetime of each XEP (like the Author, really). > > If a submitter cannot find anyone on the standards list or amongst the people > they know willing to help handle this part of the Author role, then I think > that suggests quite a bit about how much interest there is in the XEP. > > Furthermore, I think this is essentially a mild formalisation on what the > existing de-facto process is; so absent a strong reason to chnage the > existing process, I'd rather we document something that matches. > > (I'll make a PR against XEP-0143 with concrete text on Friday) I’m in support of this third option. cheers Daniel _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
