Op 27 sep. 2017, om 22:01 heeft Bryan Bishop via bitcoin-dev 
<bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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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