[IPython-dev] A few notes on IPEPs

[Brian Granger]

I didn't want to get too formal, but we probably want a separate
Implemented status and keep "Accepted" to mean "we plan on doing this
as described, but haven't.  Updating the wiki...

Cheers,

Brian

On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Aaron Meurer <asmeurer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you give definitions for the various statuses? Does "Accepted"
> mean "implemented"? The regular Python PEPs have a lot more statuses
> (see http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0001/).
>
> Aaron Meurer
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Brian Granger <ellisonbg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Our usage of IPEPs is going really well - they are quickly becoming a
>> useful way of working out and documenting the design of larger
>> features.  I have updated the main IPEP page with improved guidelines:
>>
>> https://github.com/ipython/ipython/wiki/IPEPs:-IPython-Enhancement-Proposals
>>
>> Some of the main points:
>>
>> * Let's open an issue for each IPEP and use that to track the
>> discussion and implementation.
>> * Let's add a table to the top of each IPEP that tracks its basic
>> information and status.
>>
>> I wanted to encourage everyone to revisit the IPEPs you have authored
>> and check on the following:
>>
>> * Make sure the IPEP is updated to reflect the current state of the
>> discussion and implementation.
>> * Add the table at the top of the IPEP with the basic information (see
>> the index page for an example)
>> * Make sure the table has an updated status - we might eventually want
>> to add the status to the main IPEP index so we can see the status of
>> each of them easily.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> --
>> Brian E. Granger
>> Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
>> bgranger at calpoly.edu and ellisonbg at gmail.com
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Brian E. Granger
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