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PEP editor as a PEP sponsor #73
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For my PEP, @gvanrossum proposed that @JelleZijlstra would make an appropriate sponsor (see python/peps#2045
), as he has been helping me with the PEP since I first suggested the feature in python/typing#813. However, @JelleZijlstra is not a core developer, and I came to understand that this is not allowed. Would it be possible to make an exception to this rule?
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hugovk commentedon Aug 9, 2021
PEP 1 says it's allowed with approval from the Steering Council, so you're in the right place!
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0001/#submitting-a-pep
JelleZijlstra commentedon Aug 9, 2021
As background, I have been a core developer on https://github.com/python/typeshed/ and https://github.com/python/mypy for a few years, and more recently I have become a PEP editor and a triager on the CPython repo.
brettcannon commentedon Aug 9, 2021
I thought we had a standing rule that PEP editors could sponsor PEPs since they obviously know how a PEP should be structured and handled?
JelleZijlstra commentedon Aug 9, 2021
Not in PEP 1 (Hugo linked the relevant text above), and if that rule is present somewhere else I'm not aware of it.
[-]Non-core dev PEP sponsor[/-][+]PEP editor as a PEP sponsor[/+]gvanrossum commentedon Sep 7, 2021
Bumping this in the hope that it'll make the next SC agenda. Maybe before ruling about the general case (which might require a long discussion) the SC could quickly decide that it's okay for Jelle to sponsor the specific PEP we're talking about here? (That PEP is about adding +T and -T to indicate co-/contra-variance for type variables.)
warsaw commentedon Sep 7, 2021
Thanks @gvanrossum - I've pinged the SC to see if we can provide an answer before our next meeting.
warsaw commentedon Sep 8, 2021
@gvanrossum The SC is fine with @JelleZijlstra being the PEP Sponsor for this PEP.
warsaw commentedon Oct 18, 2021
There's nothing more to do for this ticket, closing.
gvanrossum commentedon Oct 18, 2021
So there's no ruling on the general case and no update to PEP 1 to bring it in line with Brett's recollection?
warsaw commentedon Oct 18, 2021
What exactly should PEP 1 be updated to say? Do you mind submitting a PR against PEP 1 to change the language?
gvanrossum commentedon Oct 18, 2021
Sure, see python/peps#2112