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From: Eric Lombrozo <elombrozo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:51:55 +0000
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I posted a new draft of the proposal:
http://blockhawk.net/bitcoin-dev/bipwiki.html

The subsections still need to be fleshed out a bit more. I'd love any
comments or suggestions.

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015, 4:30 PM Eric Lombrozo <elombrozo@gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, the current "type" attribute needs modification. There are different
> degrees of "standard". Just because a lot of people do X doesn't need to
> mean that doing X is "officially" endorsed by any other devs. At most
> levels below 1, disagreements might be entirely tolerable for many things.
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015, 2:06 PM Eric Lombrozo <elombrozo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Seems like a lot of effort and goodwill is being wasted on contention
>> over things we don't really need to agree upon. In order to help us better
>> prioritize, I propose adding an extra attribute to BIPs indicating their
>> "level" which is split into five as follows:
>>
>> 1. Consensus (hard/soft fork)
>> 2. Peer Services
>> 3. RPC
>> 4. Implementations
>> 5. Applications
>>
>> I posted an example of what such a table might look like here: http://
>> blockhawk.net/bitcoin-dev/bipwiki.html
>>
>> If other folks also think this is a good idea I'll start working on a BIP
>> draft for this.
>>
>

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<p dir=3D"ltr">I posted a new draft of the proposal: <a href=3D"http://bloc=
khawk.net/bitcoin-dev/bipwiki.html">http://blockhawk.net/bitcoin-dev/bipwik=
i.html</a></p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">The subsections still need to be fleshed out a bit more. I&#=
39;d love any comments or suggestions.<br>
</p>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Mon, Aug 24, 2015, 4:30 =
PM=C2=A0Eric Lombrozo &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:elombrozo@gmail.com">elombrozo@=
gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir=
=3D"ltr">Also, the current &quot;type&quot; attribute needs modification. T=
here are different degrees of &quot;standard&quot;. Just because a lot of p=
eople do X doesn&#39;t need to mean that doing X is &quot;officially&quot; =
endorsed by any other devs. At most levels below 1, disagreements might be =
entirely tolerable for many things.<br>
</p>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Mon, Aug 24, 2015, 2:06 =
PM=C2=A0Eric Lombrozo &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:elombrozo@gmail.com" target=3D"=
_blank">elombrozo@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-le=
ft:1ex"><p dir=3D"ltr"><br>
Seems like a lot of effort and goodwill is being wasted on contention over =
things we don&#39;t really need to agree upon. In order to help us better p=
rioritize, I propose adding an extra attribute to BIPs indicating their &qu=
ot;level&quot; which is split into five as follows:</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">1. Consensus (hard/soft fork)<br>
2. Peer Services<br>
3. RPC<br>
4. Implementations<br>
5. Applications</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">I posted an example of what such a table might look like her=
e: http://<a href=3D"http://blockhawk.net/bitcoin-dev/bipwiki.html" target=
=3D"_blank">blockhawk.net/bitcoin-dev/bipwiki.html</a></p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">If other folks also think this is a good idea I&#39;ll start=
 working on a BIP draft for this.</p>
</blockquote></div></blockquote></div>

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