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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions community/language-change-process.md
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## Iterate on design and implementation

The OWNERs of docs/proposals (aka the “language OWNERs”) may weigh in on feature proposal issues to give guidance on what they expect will or will not be accepted as changes to the language.
The Owners of docs/proposals (aka the “language OWNERs”) may weigh in on feature proposal issues to give guidance on what they expect will or will not be accepted as changes to the language.

If it is clear to the language OWNERs that a proposed feature will not be accepted, they may close out the issue with an explanation of the reasoning.
If it is clear to the language Owners that a proposed feature will not be accepted, they may close out the issue with an explanation of the reasoning.
Ideally, you should wait to get positive feedback from at least one language OWNER before moving forward with implementation, to avoid the possibility of wasted effort.

Assuming positive community support for your proposal, move your tracking issue's status to "experimental" and begin putting up PRs for reviews by relevant code OWNERs.
Assuming positive community support for your proposal, move your tracking issue's status to "experimental" and begin putting up PRs for reviews by relevant code Owners.

During the implementation period, you are expected to:

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We encourage sending the intention to stabilize well in advance of wanting to actually have it ship stably — the more time, the more community feedback and ‘banging on the tires’ you can create.

At decision time, the owners listed in `docs/proposals/OWNERS.txt` will discuss privately (using OWNERs consensus) and share their decision on the email thread. After this, the relevant PRs can land as normal and the feature is stable.
At decision time, the Owners listed in `.github/CODEOWNERS` will discuss privately (using Owners consensus) and share their decision on the email thread. After this, the relevant PRs can land as normal and the feature is stable.

We expect that between 3-7 days will be given for community feedback in typical cases. Some lived experience is needed before we can make a policy about how long review periods need to last.

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