Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Changes to date format of current GLEPs

[Lares Moreau]

On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 21:38 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:18:36 +0100 Jakub Moc <jakub@g.o> 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...
>
Or IEEE ish

Original:   GLEP 01
Ammended:   GLEP 01.a
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