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discussed BIP and have a generally widely perceived technical consensus of being
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a worthwhile change based on the judgement of the maintainers.
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### Finding Reviewers
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As most reviewers are themselves developers with their own projects, the review
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process can be quite lengthy, and some amount of patience is required. If you find
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that you've been waiting for a pull request to be given attention for several
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months, there may be a number of reasons for this, some of which you can do something
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about:
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- It may be because of a feature freeze due to an upcoming release. During this time,
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only bug fixes are taken into consideration. If your pull request is a new feature,
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it will not be prioritized until the release is over. Wait for release.
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- It may be because the changes you are suggesting do not appeal to people. Rather than
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nits and critique, which require effort and means they care enough to spend time on your
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contribution, thundering silence is a good sign of widespread (mild) dislike of a given change
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(because people don't assume *others* won't actually like the proposal). Don't take
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that personally, though! Instead, take another critical look at what you are suggesting
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and see if it: changes too much, is too broad, doesn't adhere to the
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[developer notes](doc/developer-notes.md), is dangerous or insecure, is messily written, etc.
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Identify and address any of the issues you find. Then ask e.g. on IRC if someone could give
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their opinion on the concept itself.
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- It may be because your code is too complex for all but a few people. And those people
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may not have realized your pull request even exists. A great way to find people who
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are qualified and care about the code you are touching is the
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[Git Blame feature](https://help.github.com/articles/tracing-changes-in-a-file/). Simply
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find the person touching the code you are touching before you and see if you can find
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them and give them a nudge. Don't be incessant about the nudging though.
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- Finally, if all else fails, ask on IRC or elsewhere for someone to give your pull request
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a look. If you think you've been waiting an unreasonably long amount of time (month+) for
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no particular reason (few lines changed, etc), this is totally fine. Try to return the favor
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when someone else is asking for feedback on their code, and universe balances out.
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Release Policy
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