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Agreed, I think a sign-off mechanism might be desirable. Currently it must
be the original author(s) signing off, but we can probably widen that to be
any 2-3 community members. They'd basically be attesting that the meaning
did not change.
- cdecker
On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 9:02 PM Bryan Bishop via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev <
> 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.
>>
>
> 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.
>
> - Bryan
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Agreed, I think a sign-off mechanism might be desirable. C=
urrently it must be the original author(s) signing off, but we can probably=
widen that to be any 2-3 community members. They'd basically be attest=
ing that the meaning did not change.<div><br></div><div>- cdecker<br><br><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 9:02 PM B=
ryan Bishop via bitcoin-dev <<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfo=
undation.org">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>> wrote:<br></div=
><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1=
px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Luke Dashjr vi=
a bitcoin-dev <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.lin=
uxfoundation.org" target=3D"_blank">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</=
a>></span> wrote:<br><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>
kinds of changes without involving the Authors? Strictly speaking, BIP 2<br=
>
shouldn't be changed now that it is Active, but for such a minor revisi=
on, I<br>
think an exception is reasonable.<br></blockquote></div></div></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div><br>Ev=
en minor revisions can not change the meaning of text. Changing a single wo=
rd 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 e=
dits are mentioned in the changelog at the bottom of each document, or ment=
ion that the primary authors have not reviewed suggested changes, or someth=
ing as much; otherwise the reader might not be aware to check revision hist=
ory to see what's going on.<br><br></div></div><div class=3D"m_14424098=
55892789661gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">- Bryan<br><=
a href=3D"http://heybryan.org/" target=3D"_blank">http://heybryan.org/</a><=
br>1 512 203 0507</div>
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