Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 599989E7 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 23:26:07 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-io0-f171.google.com (mail-io0-f171.google.com [209.85.223.171]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E7959188 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 23:26:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iodb91 with SMTP id b91so166802294iod.1 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:26:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=ebcF4m7TNRbv2mrIir7ndDUI0lSxlqjeH6vxaVQA0NA=; b=QZprnxsaQ+tKuREQg3GtccHOzJI8z607lHDQZvcBM0wFzl8h0cjJIsm28qnUHgbamB z33zwSSCVfN8um7hQPUOuF7zOz6kULa03q718NiWTEs33YNvUaYYrP4O3cMj0QVwKPIz +NBIHodguuBdk5LK39Xc/mxL8+wQEL7RdoW2DwW+7xzU2L3k5P5H6rsO9890A0cBOHPX bSwNnwp5dErAA9WefZgTUaxhWipzdFOStLV0lfYeVxrC8JrQN4WJ5z6dPT2a6Zqg1KRH HlwHcW9/xlP2Rq6Wyrr4Gd4ZUZ0xn1FDYoZ6teipZYscxbwahldgB3sFkJuO1V9LnTL6 q7KQ== X-Received: by 10.107.129.160 with SMTP id l32mr19232252ioi.158.1440458766406; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:26:06 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Eric Lombrozo Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 23:25:54 +0000 Message-ID: To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113ec3a615dcb8051e16f1ac X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Splitting BIPs X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 23:26:07 -0000 --001a113ec3a615dcb8051e16f1ac Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 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. > --001a113ec3a615dcb8051e16f1ac Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Also, the current "type" attribute needs modificat= ion. There are different degrees of "standard". Just because a lo= t of people do X doesn't need to mean that doing X is "officially&= quot; endorsed by any other devs. At most levels below 1, disagreements mig= ht be entirely tolerable for many things.


On Mon, Aug 24, 2015, 2:06 = PM=C2=A0Eric 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 p= rioritize, I propose adding an extra attribute to BIPs indicating their &qu= ot;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 her= e: 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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