<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 4, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Andy Matuschak <<a href="mailto:andy@andymatuschak.org" class="">andy@andymatuschak.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hello, all! Process question here: if I'd like to propose an API change in stdlib, should I do that here? Open a pull request?<br class=""></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>The first step is to post your idea here!</div><div><br class=""></div><div>The actual process is described long-windedly over at</div><div><br class=""></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div>but the important part is:</div><div><br class=""></div><div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 16px; line-height: 1.225; font-size: 1.75em; padding-bottom: 0.3em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">How to propose a change</h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Socialize the idea</strong>: propose a rough sketch of the idea on the <a href="https://swift.org/community/#swift-evolution" title="Swift evolution mailing list" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none;" class="">swift-evolution mailing list</a>, the problems it solves, what the solution looks like, etc., to gauge interest from the community.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Develop the proposal</strong>: expand the rough sketch into a complete proposal, using the <a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/0000-template.md" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none;" class="">proposal template</a>, and continue to refine the proposal on the evolution mailing list. Prototyping an implementation and its uses along with the proposal is encouraged, because it helps ensure both technical feasibility of the proposal as well as validating that the proposal solves the problems it is meant to solve.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Request a review</strong>: initiate a pull request to the <a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution" title="Swift evolution repository" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none;" class="">swift-evolution repository</a> to indicate to the core team that you would like the proposal to be reviewed. When the proposal is sufficiently detailed and clear, and addresses feedback from earlier discussions of the idea, the pull request will be accepted. The proposal will be assigned a proposal number as well as a core team member to manage the review.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Address feedback</strong>: in general, and especially <a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/schedule.md#review" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none;" class="">during the review period</a>, be responsive to questions and feedback about the proposal.</li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Doug</div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""></body></html>