DIP Draft Reviews

[Dukc]

On Thursday, 6 September 2018 at 07:13:20 UTC, Nicholas Wilson 
wrote:
> IMO the DIP author should at least participate in the community 
> review if they expect their DIP to have _any_ chance of success.

I disagree. Reviews are mainly for giving feedback, not for 
deciding the fate of the DIP -that's what the formal assesment is 
for.

IMO, it's enough that the author reads the review and addresses 
the points in the DIP before the next phase. And not every point 
has to be blindly addressed, the reviewers may be just as wrong 
as the author.

The reviews are still mentioned in the DIPs so they can be 
considered in the formal assesment, addressed by the author or 
not. And of course it's always better if the author interactively 
participates at the review, but it should not be required IMO.