John,
indeed I would consider it as "RFC" version, i.e. a non-released
specification. People can try to build datasets/services with this new
specification and report problems back, but it would be clear that the
pre-release might still change and some software might have to be adapted again
after final release. I don't see a reason why this modern software approach
shouldn't work for a text document that deals with a data convention.
Cheers,
Martin
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Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:48:12 -0800
From: John Graybeal <jbgrayb...@mindspring.com>
To: CF Metadata List <cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu>
Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] provisional status for changes to the
convention (Jonathan Gregory)
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Jonathan, thank you for your considered update. If we 'deprecate' a released
version that has an error, presumably this just means it is no longer
recommended for use? I assume data sets released with the flawed version
shouldn't have to be re-released, if the flaw did not affect them.
And I'm assuming any time a new CF version is released, it is considered the
recommended version, and all CF users are encouraged to use it as they write
new data sets. But I don't know that I've read that anywhere.
Martin, can you be specific about how reverting changes is less confusing when
those changes are in provisional versions, than when they are in plain old
released versions? Given your variants, perhaps we interpret 'provisional'
differently? I understand it to be a released specification, usable but somehow
not fully final/reliable. Perhaps your model would define it as an unreleased
specification, versioned but not yet approved for use, which I agree is
consistent with modern software practices.
John
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