RFC: Two years of BIP Editing, time for some new faces?

[Murch]

Howdy everyone,

I noticed a couple weeks ago that the two-year anniversary of the “new”
BIP Editors is coming up, and I want to comment on the state of the BIPs
repository and BIP Editorship. In the past two years
(2024-04-22–2026-04-22), the six BIP Editors left 4108 comments,
processed 596 pull requests (382 merged), and facilitated the
publication of 42 BIPs. We got a new BIP Process, touched up existing
documents, tidied up abandoned submissions, and fixed up the CI scripts.
There is still room for improvement, but I perceive a positive impact on
development discussions and an increase in submissions as the BIPs
repository became more lively again. I’m proud of what we have achieved
so far.

For most of this time, two BIP Editors contributed most of the work.
Then for the first quarter this year, I was the only BIP Editor that
regularly contributed to and did the vast majority of the day-to-day
work in the repository. I enjoy the work—but we added more BIP Editors
two years ago because it’s more than a one-person job.

I’m grateful for my colleagues’ contributions as well as the splendid
advice they’ve provided in our many discussions, and thankful that they
volunteered to serve the community!

After two years, I propose that we refresh the BIP Editor team. My
recommendation would be to aim for three BIP Editors that are all keen
on regularly contributing to the BIP Editor work in the repository.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts,
Murch