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REP Work Flow
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=============
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- The REP editors assign REP numbers and change their status. Please send
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- all REP-related email to <
[email protected] > (no cross-posting please).
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- Also see `REP Editor Responsibilities & Workflow `_ below.
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+ The REP editors assign REP numbers and change their status. Please post
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+ all REP-related email to the General section of
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+ `discourse.ros.org <https://discourse.ros.org >`_. Also see `REP Editor
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+ Responsibilities & Workflow `_ below.
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The REP process begins with a new idea for ROS. It is highly
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recommended that a single REP contain a single key proposal or new
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style and format described below, shepherds the discussions in the
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appropriate forums, and attempts to build community consensus around
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the idea. The REP champion (a.k.a. Author) should first attempt to
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- ascertain whether the idea is REP-able. Posting to the ros-users list
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- is the best way to go about this.
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+ ascertain whether the idea is REP-able. Posting to
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+ `discourse.ros.org <https://discourse.ros.org >`_ is the best way to go
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+ about this.
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Vetting an idea publicly before going as far as writing a REP is meant
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to save the potential author time. Many ideas have been brought
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mean it will work for most people in most areas where ROS is used.
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Once the champion has asked the ROS community as to whether an idea
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- has any chance of acceptance, a draft REP should be presented to
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- ros-users. This gives the author a chance to flesh out the draft REP
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- to make properly formatted, of high quality, and to address initial
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- concerns about the proposal.
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+ has any chance of acceptance, a draft REP should be posted to
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+ ` discourse. ros.org < https://discourse.ros.org >`_. This gives the
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+ author a chance to flesh out the draft REP to make properly formatted,
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+ of high quality, and to address initial concerns about the proposal.
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- Following a discussion on ros-users , the draft REP should be sent to
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- the ros-users list . The draft must be written in REP style as
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+ Following an initial discussion on Discourse , the draft REP should be
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+ posted to Discourse as well . The draft must be written in REP style as
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described below, else it will be sent back without further regard
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until proper formatting rules are followed.
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@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ optional and are described below. All other headers are required. ::
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* Requires: <rep numbers>
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Created: <date created on, in dd-mmm-yyyy format>
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* ROS-Version: <version number>
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- Post-History: <dates of postings to ros-users >
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+ Post-History: <dates of postings to discourse. ros.org >
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* Replaces: <rep number>
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* Replaced-By: <rep number>
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* Resolution: <url>
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While a REP is in private discussions (usually during the initial
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Draft phase), a Discussions-To header will indicate the mailing list
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or URL where the REP is being discussed. No Discussions-To header is
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- necessary if the REP is being discussed privately with the author, or
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- on the ros-users email mailing lists. Note that email addresses in
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- the Discussions-To header will not be obscured.
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+ necessary if the REP is being discussed privately with the author.
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+ Note that email addresses in the Discussions-To header will not be
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+ obscured.
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The Type header specifies the type of REP: Standards Track,
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Informational, or Process.
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The Created header records the date that the REP was assigned a
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number, while Post-History is used to record the dates of when new
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- versions of the REP are posted to ros-users. Both headers should be
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- in dd-mmm-yyyy format, e.g. 14-Aug-2010.
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+ versions of the REP are posted to https://discourse. ros.org. Both headers
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+ should be in dd-mmm-yyyy format, e.g. 14-Aug-2010.
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Standards Track REPs must have a ROS-Version header which indicates
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the version/distribution of ROS that the feature will be released with.
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