Brown Improvement Proposals (BIPs) describe usage standards for hosts. Installation and upgrades are discussed separately in the Brown Project Management repository.
How to Contribute
First review BIP-1 and BIP-2. Then request to be an Editor. Click Here
Upon completion and approval, clone the repository and add your BIP to it. There is a template BIP here. Then submit a Pull Request to our BIPs repository.
- Idea – An idea that is pre-draft. This is not tracked within the BIP Repository.
- Draft – The first formally tracked stage of a BIP in development. A BIP is merged by an Editor into the BIP repository when properly formatted.
- Review – A BIP Author marks a BIP as ready for and requesting Peer Review.
- Last Call – This is the final review window for a BIP before moving to FINAL. A BIP editor will assign Last Call status and set a review end date (`last-call-deadline`), typically 14 days later. If this period results in necessary normative changes it will revert the BIP to Review.
- Final – This BIP represents the final standard. A Final BIP exists in a state of finality and should only be updated to correct errata and add non-normative clarifications.
- Stagnant – Any BIP in Draft or Review if inactive for a period of 6 months or greater is moved to Stagnant. A BIP may be resurrected from this state by Authors or BIP Editors through moving it back to Draft.
- Withdrawn – The BIP Author(s) have withdrawn the proposed BIP. This state has finality and can no longer be resurrected using this BIP number. If the idea is pursued at later date it is considered a new proposal.
- Living – A special status for BIPs that are designed to be continually updated and not reach a state of finality. This includes most notably BIP-1.