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
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