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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 10:58:21 -0500
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From: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>
To: Luke Dashjr <luke@dashjr.org>
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Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP Process: Status, comments,
	and copyright licenses
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On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> I've completed an initial draft of a BIP that provides clarifications on
> the
> Status field for BIPs, as well as adding the ability for public comments on
> them, and expanding the list of allowable BIP licenses.
>
>
> https://github.com/luke-jr/bips/blob/bip-biprevised/bip-biprevised.mediawiki
>
> I plan to open discussion of making this BIP an Active status (along with
> BIP
> 123) a month after initial revisions have completed. Please provide any
> objections now, so I can try to address them now and enable consensus to be
> reached.
>


I like the more concrete definitions of the various statuses.

I don't like the definition of "consensus".  I think the definition
described gives too much centralized control to whoever controls the
mailing list and the wiki.

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Gavin Andresen

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On M=
on, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev <span dir=3D"ltr">&=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_blan=
k">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-widt=
h:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-le=
ft:1ex">I&#39;ve completed an initial draft of a BIP that provides clarific=
ations on the<br>
Status field for BIPs, as well as adding the ability for public comments on=
<br>
them, and expanding the list of allowable BIP licenses.<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"https://github.com/luke-jr/bips/blob/bip-biprevised/bip-biprevis=
ed.mediawiki" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/luke-=
jr/bips/blob/bip-biprevised/bip-biprevised.mediawiki</a><br>
<br>
I plan to open discussion of making this BIP an Active status (along with B=
IP<br>
123) a month after initial revisions have completed. Please provide any<br>
objections now, so I can try to address them now and enable consensus to be=
<br>
reached.<br></blockquote><div>=C2=A0</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">=
<br></div><div>I like the more concrete definitions of the various statuses=
.</div><div><br></div><div>I don&#39;t like the definition of &quot;consens=
us&quot;.=C2=A0 I think the definition described gives too much centralized=
 control to whoever controls the mailing list and the wiki.</div><div class=
=3D"gmail_extra"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class=3D"gmail_signature"=
><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>--<br>Gavin Andresen<br></div>=
<div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
</div></div>

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