[swift-evolution] Visibility into timeline for proposals left in "Awaiting Review" for a while?

[Jacob Bandes-Storch]

In the "schedule" document, this proposal is listed under the section
entitled "Merged proposals that are out of scope for Swift 3.0, but will be
scheduled when it is done".

https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/schedule.md
https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/commit/ea5632a800444c26dbff4e20432745702732f17d

Jacob

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Evan Maloney via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Back in April, a proposal PR of mine
> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0079-upgrade-self-from-weak-to-strong.md>
>  (SE-0079
> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0079-upgrade-self-from-weak-to-strong.md>)
> was merged into master that would make the following code legal when in a
> block where self is weak:
>
>     guard let self = self else { return }
>
>
> and:
>
>     if let self = self {
>         // ...code...
>
>
> Since then, the proposal has been Awaiting Review.
>
> Because it was a relatively minor and non-controversial change, I had
> assumed it would go through review somewhat quickly. Now we're getting to
> the cutoff for Swift 3 and I'm getting the sense that it will not be
> considered.
>
> I'm sure I'm not the only proposal author who thinks it would be great to
> have a better sense of the selection criteria for review and some
> visibility into when a given proposal might come up for review.
>
> I understand how busy the core team is, and therefore I don't mind
> waiting. But if, for example, there is a "review queue", I'm sure the
> community would benefit from knowing what's in the pipeline and what sort
> of proposals are of more immediate interest to the core team. At the very
> least, it would make the waiting easier.
>
> What do you think?
>
> And, while I have your attention, is there any chance this proposal can be
> considered in time for Swift 3? ;-)
>
> Have a good weekend,
> Evan
>
>
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