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* Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP process meeting - Tuesday September 14th 23:00 UTC on #bitcoin-dev Libera IRC
@ 2021-09-14 12:17 Prayank
  2021-09-14 14:07 ` Michael Folkson
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From: Prayank @ 2021-09-14 12:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michael Folkson; +Cc: Bitcoin Dev

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Hi Michael,

Thanks for sharing the details about the meeting.

Wishlist has some interesting points. I would like to suggest few things:

1.BIP process: 

A. Plan and document a proposal

 B. Open PR in https://github.com/bitcoin/bips and edit everything properly

 C. BIP is assigned a number and merged

 D. Share the proposal on bitcoin dev mailing list

bitcoin-dev mailing list link can be considered a BIP and saved in a BIP directory. Anyone can create such directories. So BIP is nothing but a proposal shared on bitcoin-dev mailing list.

Who implements the BIP? When is it implemented? How is it implemented? Opinions on proposal etc. will be different for each BIP. This will avoid the 'bitcoin/bips' repository being considered as some BIP authority that approves BIPs and proposals can improve Bitcoin without using the repository. Repository will only be helpful in documenting BIP correctly.

2. Bot in `bitcoin/bips` repository that notifies about pull requests based on different things. This will help maintainer(s) and contributors.

3. BIP Gallery: I tried sharing things in a different way so that newbies can understand importance of BIPs in Bitcoin and relate to it: https://prayank23.github.io/BIPsGallery/ however couldn't complete it with all the BIPs because not many people considered it helpful. There were few suggestions to improve it by adding some text for each BIP and better image gallery. Maybe someone else can create a better project. 


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Prayank

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* [bitcoin-dev] BIP process meeting - Tuesday September 14th 23:00 UTC on #bitcoin-dev Libera IRC
@ 2021-09-07 11:45 Michael Folkson
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From: Michael Folkson @ 2021-09-07 11:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion

With a new BIP editor (Kalle Alm) in place and Taproot activation
locked in it is probably/possibly as good time as any to revisit the
BIP process and see if we can bolster it, improve it or at least
inform why certain things operate the way they do.

Hence two IRC meetings are being organized, one on Tuesday September
14th (23:00 UTC) and one on Wednesday September 29th (23:00 UTC), both
on the Libera IRC channel #bitcoin-dev.

Possible discussion topics range from the relatively mundane (should
BIP champions need to ACK basic spelling change PRs) to the possibly
contentious (what role if any do the BIPs have in informing the
community of soft fork activation parameters). At the very least it
would be good to address some common misunderstandings and subtleties
of the BIP process that many (including myself) are lacking context
on.

So if you are interested in the BIP process or certainly if you have
experienced frustrations with the BIP process in the past as a BIP
champion or BIP contributor please attend and we’ll see what progress
we can make.

There is a BIP process wishlist that some have already contributed
ideas too: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/BIP-Process-wishlist

And of course BIP 2 outlines the current BIP process:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0002.mediawiki

This is being organized in the spirit of seeking to improve a process
and a resource that we as a community all rely on so please engage in
the spirit that is intended. I will keep the mailing list informed of
anything that comes out of the meetings and the #bitcoin-dev channel
is open for discussion outside of the meetings.

-- 
Michael Folkson
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