New DIP Rules

[bachmeier]

On Wednesday, 22 July 2020 at 08:20:37 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

> Henceforth, when a language maintainer wants to write a DIP, he 
> will instead recruit someone to write it for him. This third 
> party will not just be the DIP author, he or she will be the 
> champion of the DIP. The idea is that the maintainer provides 
> the author with the broad outline (bullet points, notes, 
> whatever works) and any input necessary to get the initial 
> draft off the ground, but the author is ultimately responsible 
> for the content, including modifying the additional draft as 
> they see fit, and deciding which bits of community feedback to 
> incorporate and which to ignore throughout the DIP process. 
> (All such DIPs will include a note that the idea came from a 
> maintainer.)

This might work, provided the author of the DIP (a) provides the 
necessary details in the DIP, and (b) makes a good faith effort 
to understand and address feedback. I'm not convinced that will 
happen. My preferred alternative would have been for Walter to 
not go through the DIP process. That would be less work for him 
and everyone else, and it would maintain the integrity of the DIP 
process. He could talk directly with Atila and anyone else he 
chooses to bring into the process.