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APEs: Astropy Proposals for Enhancement

APEs are documents to address non-trivial enhancements that require discussion and thought beyond a single Pull Request. This is intended to mirror the long-standing Python Enhancement Proposal process, but generally not quite as formally. Normally a proposal goes through various phases of consideration. Discussion is expected to take place using existing mechanisms (astropy-dev, github, hangouts, etc), and eventually a decision is made regarding whether the proposal should be accepted, rejected, or modified.

Accepted APEs

# Title Date DOI
0 The Astropy Project Governance Charter 2021-Feb-19 APE 0 DOI
1 APE Purpose and Process 2024-Feb-05 APE 1 DOI
2 Astropy Release Cycle and Version Numbering 2013-Dec-11 APE 2 DOI
3 Configuration 2013-Dec-10 APE 3 DOI
4 Astropy Setup Helpers 2014-Jun-28 APE 4 DOI
5 Coordinates Subpackage Plan 2014-Jan-22 APE 5 DOI
6 Enhanced Character Separated Values table format 2015-Jan-26 APE 6 DOI
7 NDData Plan 2014-Dec-17 APE 7 DOI
8 Astropy Community Code of Conduct 2015-May-04 APE 8 DOI
9 Timeseries object for Astropy 2023-Oct-20 APE 9 DOI
10 Roadmap for Python 3-only support 2016-Aug-22 APE 10 DOI
12 Using Cookiecutter for the package-template 2017-Mar-28 APE 12 DOI
13 Vision for Astropy Spectroscopic Tools 2017-Dec-12 APE 13 DOI
14 A shared Python interface for World Coordinate Systems 2018-Nov-09 APE 14 DOI
15 An Updated Model for the Affiliated Package Ecosystem 2018-May-14 APE 15 DOI
17 A roadmap for package infrastructure without astropy-helpers 2019-Dec-12 APE 17 DOI
18 Adopt NEP 29 for CPython and Numpy Version Support 2021-Dec-25 APE 18 DOI
19 Distributing Astropy Project Funding 2022-Feb-28 APE 19 DOI
20 Formatting Code with Black 2022-Sep-23 APE 20 DOI
21 Ending Long Term Support Releases 2023-May-31 APE 21 DOI
22 Astropy Affiliated Packages with pyOpenSci 2024-Jan-29 APE 22 DOI

Proposing a new APE

New APEs should be created using the APEtemplate.rst file in this repository. Fork the repository, copy APEtemplate.rst to APE##.rst where ## is the next free number on the list of APEs (don't forget to check the open PRs when finding this number). Issue a Pull Request with that file once you've written it up (little explanation is required in the PR itself given that the document has all the content - usually it's easiest to just paste in the abstract).

Note that there is not much point to making proposals unless someone or some group has signed up to implement it if the APE is accepted (typically this would involve the author or authors of the APE). Just issuing an APE in order to spur others to do work is not generally going to be received well. Generally, an implementation is expected before an APE can be considered fully accepted. For proposals that require extensive work that few are willing to perform without some assurance it will be accepted, provisional acceptance is an option. For serious consideration it is usually good to show that detailed technical aspects have been played with in real code rather (even if it isn't a complete implementation).

Finalizing APEs

The final decision on accepting or rejecting APEs lies with the Astropy Coordination Committee (CoCo). Once the community discussion on the APE has wound down, the committee discusses the APE and makes a final decision on acceptance or rejection. One of the committee members should then:

  1. Fill in the "Decision rationale" section of the APE with a description of why the APE was accepted or rejected, including a summary of the community's discussion as relevant.

  2. Update the "date-last-revised" to the day of merging and "status" to "Accepted" or "Rejected".

  3. Leave a brief comment in the PR indicating the result.

  4. Merge the PR with the above changes.

  5. If the APE was accepted then continue with the remaining steps, otherwise stop now.

  6. Upload the APE to Zenodo to give it a DOI. Log into the astropy team Zenodo account (not your personal account), go to https://zenodo.org/deposit/new, upload the .rst file, and set the fields to the following:

    Zenodo field

    Set to

    Communities

    The Astropy Project

    Upload type

    Publication

    Publication type

    Technical note

    Publication Date

    The date-last-revised of the APE (which should be the same as the accepted date for new APEs)

    Title

    Astropy Proposal for Enhancement <number>: <title> (APE <number>)

    Authors

    The APE authors (directly from the APE text, but with ORCIDs if possible)

    Description

    The APE abstract (copy/paste the rendered HTML from GitHub)

    License

    CC-Attribution (default)

    Related/alternate identifiers

    Github link to the APE file at the specific merge commit (e.g. https://github.com/astropy/astropy-APEs/blob/42951733ac42c0ea178d8df30705274a43c93091/APE1.rst) as "is supplemented by this upload". If this is a revised version, this should be the URL of the commit where the APE was revised.

  7. Get the source for the DOI badge from the newly-created Zenodo record page by clicking on the DOI badge on the right side of the page and copying the reStructuredText source. You will need to update that with the "all versions" DOI number, which you can see under the "versions" section of Zenodo. (It is typically the first version minus 1.)

  8. On GitHub (or locally) edit README.rst and add an entry for the new APE to the "Accepted APEs" table. Use the DOI link from the previous step. Add corresponding RST link refs for both the DOI link and the new APE. Preview the update and test the links to make sure they are all correct. Then commit directly to main (or PR if you prefer).

  9. Send an email to astropy-dev announcing the acceptance In general this should just point to the accepted APE rather than providing additional decision rationale.

Updating APEs

In the cases where an updated APE requires updating (e.g., references to a new APE that supercedes it, clarifying information that emerges after the APE is accepted, etc.), changes can be made directly via PR, but the "date-last-revised" should be updated in the APE. Additionally, the Zenodo entry will need to be updated with a new version of the APE (not a completely new Zenodo entry), by using the "New version" button and then filling out the forms as described above.

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