From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EmHxx-0004ts-HX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:45:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jBDLhArc003821; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:43:10 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jBDLcFsC008632 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:38:15 GMT Received: from 82-41-57-20.cable.ubr08.edin.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.41.57.20] helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1EmHqg-0005Yr-IH for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:38:14 +0000 Received: from localhost.home ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EmHqd-0004yT-Vt for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:38:12 +0000 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:38:09 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Changes to date format of current GLEPs Message-ID: <20051213213809.647cddd8@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <5915689.20051213221836@gentoo.org> References: <20051213032043.55a6e40f@snowdrop.home> <20051213195522.GA15503@dmz.brixandersen.dk> <20051213200329.6f303cf6@snowdrop.home> <439F30A0.40104@gentoo.org> <46059ce10512131236o472af58bwe267cdf9638c420a@mail.gmail.com> <439F3518.5090909@gentoo.org> <20051213210012.4bedb1fc@snowdrop.home> <5915689.20051213221836@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0-rc1 (GTK+ 2.8.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_SLqkRf7eJo22IBv/bzVNsAM"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 018a8ba8-478d-485f-9636-626a35e0a0ad X-Archives-Hash: f5a87cd805f9ffda5fff29c8d54012bf --Sig_SLqkRf7eJo22IBv/bzVNsAM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:18:36 +0100 Jakub Moc <jakub@gentoo.org> wrote: | Pardon my ignorance, but how's a GLEP amending a GLEP (amending a | GLEP ...) less confusing than just changing the text of the original | GLEP... Huh, goes beyond me... History. Look at RFCs for a good example. There's nothing wrong with extending or replacing parts of existing standards, especially if the existing standards are clearly marked as "extended by $blah" or "replaced by $blah". On the other hand, changing accepted GLEPs leads to confusion -- when someone says "GLEP 1", do they mean "GLEP 1 as it was when it was approved" or "GLEP 1 plus the modifications made three weeks ago" or "GLEP 1 plus the modifications made three weeks ago plus the modifications made last Tuesday"? Plus, of course, it helps to have a record of *why* changes were made... --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (I can kill you with my brain) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Sig_SLqkRf7eJo22IBv/bzVNsAM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDnz9D96zL6DUtXhERAk0oAJ9867pYVMQVtVyh99mqREjqrQfVmQCfdQgX 5RCFLK7co61hfjhJJZyWDS8= =/krh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_SLqkRf7eJo22IBv/bzVNsAM-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list