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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 12/24] glep-0001: Add a "Moribund" status for obsolete GLEPs
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 20:25:39
Message-Id: 20170917202432.7763-13-mgorny@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-project] [PATCHES v2] New old-school GLEP workflow (GLEP 1/2 update) by "Michał Górny"
1 Add an explicit "Moribund" status that can be used to obsolete GLEPs
2 without giving an explicit replacement. This status was historically
3 used in GLEP 33 before it was migrated to Wiki.
4 ---
5 glep-0001.txt | 9 ++++++---
6 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
7
8 diff --git a/glep-0001.txt b/glep-0001.txt
9 index 519e619..7f1fc4a 100644
10 --- a/glep-0001.txt
11 +++ b/glep-0001.txt
12 @@ -145,11 +145,14 @@ proposal is a better alternative.
13 GLEPs can also be replaced by a different GLEP, rendering the original
14 obsolete (where version 2 of a policy, for example, might replace version 1).
15
16 +If a "Final" GLEP becomes obsolete and requires no explicit replacement,
17 +it can be marked "Moribund".
18 +
19 GLEP work flow is as follows::
20
21 Draft -> Accepted -> Final -> Replaced
22 - ^
23 - +----> Rejected
24 + ^ |
25 + +----> Rejected +----> Moribund
26 |
27 +----> Withdrawn
28 v
29 @@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ All other headers are required.
30 Title: <glep title>
31 Author: <list of authors' real names and optionally, email addrs>
32 Status: <Draft | Active | Accepted | Deferred | Withdrawn | Rejected |
33 - Final | Replaced>
34 + Final | Replaced | Moribund>
35 Type: <Informational | Standards Track>
36 * Content-Type: <text/x-rst>
37 Created: <date created on>
38 --
39 2.14.1