Pull Request (PR) - Methods and Operational Procedures

Item	Description	Approved Process	Notes
PR WS Scope	PR affecting multiple Work Stream (WS)	Not Allowed Allowed Allowed in exceptional cases	If allowed under exceptional cases, who decides, who approves (all WSLs affected by PR?)
PR CH Scope	PR affecting multiple chapters	Not Allowed Allowed Allowed in exceptional cases
PR Topic Scope	PR affecting multiple disjointed topics	Not Allowed Allowed Allowed in exceptional cases
PR Comment Resolution	Who is authorised to "resolve" a comment	Comment Author PR Author WSL if Comment Author unresponsive and WSL not PR Author Another Active Contributor if WSL is the PR Author	What is the period of unresponsiveness?
PR Change Resolution		Change Author Who if Change Author unresponsive
Minimum duration a PR needs to be open for maximising input after changes complete		1 week 2 weeks	Or should it be Minor 1 week, all others at least 2 weeks?
PR Re-Approvals	Ignore approvals made prior to non-typo changes	Required After non-typo changes Not required
PR Merge – non WSL author		WSL
PR Merge – WSL author		WSL - no additional steps Final Additional Reviewer to ensure all comments/changes addressed and processes observed	Final Additional Reviewer to comment that they are OK with the PR being merged. They would have verified that the above agreed-to processes have all been observed.