major changes proposal

[nikomatsakis]

Meeting proposal info

• Title: major changes proposal
• Type: non-technical
• Proposed by: nikomatsakis
• Link: TBD
• Scheduled dates for discussion:
  • Not yet scheduled, we'll add content here when it gets scheduled

Summary

Propose a plan for how one goes about making "major changes" to a compiler area. Outline would be:

• Announce your intentions at a meeting, ideally with some rough sketch
• Identify reviewer
• Document plans and get discussion / sign-off (possibly but not necessarily at design meeting)
• Documentation guidelines

More detailed proposal available here

About this issue

This issue corresponds to a meeting proposal for the compiler team
steering meeting. It corresponds to a possible topic of
discussion. You can read more about the steering meeting procedure
here.

Comment policy

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regarding the proposal, and not as a place to discuss the technical
details. Feel free to subscribe to updates. We'll post comments when
reviewing the proposal in meetings or making a scheduling decision.
In the meantime, if you have questions or ideas, ping the proposers
on Zulip (or elsewhere).

[nikomatsakis]

We've scheduled this meeting for Dec 20, 2019