[Numpy-discussion] NEP Procedure Discussion

[Adrin]

Somewhat relevant, this is the discussion around the same topic we've been
having in scikit-learn:
https://github.com/scikit-learn/enhancement_proposals/pull/30

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 2:36 PM Ilhan Polat <ilhanpolat at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, not to be a complete slacker, I'd like to add to this list;
>
> - How can I help as an external lib maintainer?
> - Do you even want us to get involved before the final draft? Or wait
> until internal discussion finishes?
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 1:23 PM Peter Andreas Entschev <peter at entschev.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> During the discussion about NEP-35, there have been lots of
>> discussions around the NEP process itself. In the interest of allowing
>> people who are mostly interested in this discussion and to avoid
>> drifting so much off-topic in that thread, I'm starting this new
>> thread to discuss the NEP procedure.
>>
>> A few questions that have been raised so far:
>>
>> - Is the NEP Template [1] a guideline to be strictly followed or a
>> suggestion for authors?
>> - Who should decide when a NEP is sufficiently clear?
>> - Should a NEP PR be merged at all until it's sufficiently clear or
>> should it only be merged even in Draft state only after it's
>> sufficiently clear?
>> - What parts of the NEP are necessary to be clear for everyone? Just
>> Abstract? Motivation and Scope? Everything, including the real
>> technical details of implementation?
>> - Would it be possible to have proof-readers -- preferably people who
>> are not at all involved in the NEP's topic?
>>
>> Please feel free to comment on that and add any major points I might
>> have missed.
>>
>> Best,
>> Peter
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/neps/nep-template.rst
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