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 > http://heybryan.org/ > 1 512 203 0507 > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >
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