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Identify “PR process” components that are preventing high-quality contributions

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Description

This was mentioned in Astropy Coordination Meeting 2025 breakout ("how to balance all the things").

Also see:

* https://docs.astropy.org/en/latest/index_dev.html
* https://github.com/astropy/astropy-project/blob/main/policies/pull-request-review-and-merge.md
* #448
* #445

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Research direction

Read the linked developer documentation and pull-request review-and-merge policy, then compare them with issues #448 and #445. Identify the PR-process components that may hinder high-quality contributions and document the findings or proposed follow-up clearly enough for the project to decide what should change.

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Assessment

Domain
developer-experience, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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