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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Cc: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-project] [PATCH 11/24] glep-0001: Add 'Withdrawn' status to workflow
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 20:25:34
Message-Id: 20170917202432.7763-12-mgorny@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-project] [PATCHES v2] New old-school GLEP workflow (GLEP 1/2 update) by "Michał Górny"
1 Include a 'Withdrawn' status in the workflow for explicit withdrawal
2 from the author. This status is currently used in four GLEPs: 19, 29,
3 51, 52.
4 ---
5 glep-0001.txt | 8 +++++++-
6 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
7
8 diff --git a/glep-0001.txt b/glep-0001.txt
9 index e2bf430..519e619 100644
10 --- a/glep-0001.txt
11 +++ b/glep-0001.txt
12 @@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ a GLEP is deferred, the GLEP editor can re-assign it to draft status.
13 A GLEP can also be "Rejected". Perhaps after all is said and done it was not
14 a good idea. It is still important to have a record of this fact.
15
16 +The "Withdrawn" status is similar - it means that the GLEP author has decided
17 +that the GLEP is actually a bad idea, or has accepted that a competing
18 +proposal is a better alternative.
19 +
20 GLEPs can also be replaced by a different GLEP, rendering the original
21 obsolete (where version 2 of a policy, for example, might replace version 1).
22
23 @@ -146,6 +150,8 @@ GLEP work flow is as follows::
24 Draft -> Accepted -> Final -> Replaced
25 ^
26 +----> Rejected
27 + |
28 + +----> Withdrawn
29 v
30 Deferred
31
32 @@ -240,7 +246,7 @@ All other headers are required.
33 Last-Modified: <date of last update>
34 Title: <glep title>
35 Author: <list of authors' real names and optionally, email addrs>
36 - Status: <Draft | Active | Accepted | Deferred | Rejected |
37 + Status: <Draft | Active | Accepted | Deferred | Withdrawn | Rejected |
38 Final | Replaced>
39 Type: <Informational | Standards Track>
40 * Content-Type: <text/x-rst>
41 --
42 2.14.1