From: Sjors Provoost <sjors@sprovoost.nl>
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Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 23:20:54 +0300
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Revising BIP 2 to expand editorial authority
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Op 27 sep. 2017, om 22:01 heeft Bryan Bishop via bitcoin-dev =
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> het volgende geschreven:
>=20
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev =
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org =
<mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>> wrote:
> What do people think about modifying BIP 2 to allow editors to merge =
these
> kinds of changes without involving the Authors? Strictly speaking, BIP =
2
> shouldn't be changed now that it is Active, but for such a minor =
revision, I
> think an exception is reasonable.
>=20
> Even minor revisions can not change the meaning of text. Changing a =
single word can often have a strange impact on the meaning of the text. =
There should be some amount of care exercised here. Maybe it would be =
okay as long as edits are mentioned in the changelog at the bottom of =
each document, or mention that the primary authors have not reviewed =
suggested changes, or something as much; otherwise the reader might not =
be aware to check revision history to see what's going on.

Perhaps it's enough to @mention authors in the PR and give them a week =
to object before merging?

Sjors

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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><div>Op 27 sep. 2017, om 22:01 heeft Bryan Bishop via =
bitcoin-dev &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" =
class=3D"">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt; het volgende =
geschreven:<br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, =
Sep 27, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev <span dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" =
target=3D"_blank" =
class=3D"">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt;</span> =
wrote:<br class=3D""><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 =
0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">What do people =
think about modifying BIP 2 to allow editors to merge these<br class=3D"">=

kinds of changes without involving the Authors? Strictly speaking, BIP =
2<br class=3D"">
shouldn't be changed now that it is Active, but for such a minor =
revision, I<br class=3D"">
think an exception is reasonable.<br class=3D""></blockquote><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D"">Even minor revisions can not change the =
meaning of text. Changing a single word can often have a strange impact =
on the meaning of the text. There should be some amount of care =
exercised here. Maybe it would be okay as long as edits are mentioned in =
the changelog at the bottom of each document, or mention that the =
primary authors have not reviewed suggested changes, or something as =
much; otherwise the reader might not be aware to check revision history =
to see what's going on.<br =
class=3D""></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br =
class=3D""><div class=3D"">Perhaps it's enough to @mention authors in =
the PR and give them a week to object before merging?</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Sjors</div></body></html>=

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