BIP-0001 Should be labeled as "Process" Type #184

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andychase commented at 8:35 AM on August 26, 2015: contributor

Previously BIP-0001 listed in its header preamble that is was a "Standards Track" type proposal. This conflicts with both its own definition of "Standards Track" proposal as well as the type listed in PEP-0001 of which BIP-0001 is based on.

Defitions of each type of proposal:

A Standards Track BIP describes any change that affects most or all Bitcoin implementations.

An Informational BIP describes a Bitcoin design issue, or provides general guidelines or information to the Bitcoin community, but does not propose a new feature.

A Process BIP describes a process surrounding Bitcoin, or proposes a change to (or an event in) a process. Specifically: "Any meta-BIP is also considered a Process BIP."

Based on these definitions BIP-0001 should have always been labeled as a "Process" BIP and this patch corrects this.

BIP-0001 Should be labeled as "Process" Type

Previously BIP-0001 listed in its header preamble that is was a "Standards Track"
type proposal. This conflicts with both its own definition of "Standards Track"
proposal as well as the type listed in PEP-0001 of which BIP-0001 is based on.

Defitions of each type of proposal:

A Standards Track BIP describes any change that affects most or all Bitcoin implementations.

An Informational BIP describes a Bitcoin design issue, or provides general guidelines or information to the Bitcoin community, but does not propose a new feature.

A Process BIP describes a process surrounding Bitcoin, or proposes a change to (or an event in) a process.
Specifically: "Any meta-BIP is also considered a Process BIP."

Based on these definitions BIP-0001 should have always been labeled as a "Process" BIP and this patch corrects this.

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luke-jr commented at 10:41 PM on September 3, 2015: member

Can at least one of @genjix or @gmaxwell ACK this? It sounds reasonable to me.
kanzure commented at 12:19 AM on September 4, 2015: contributor

ACK, looks correct to me.
laanwj commented at 8:21 AM on September 4, 2015: member

Makes sense to me.
andychase commented at 5:46 AM on September 21, 2015: contributor

Yeah looks good.
luke-jr added the label Proposed BIP modification on Oct 23, 2015
laanwj commented at 12:47 PM on December 2, 2015: member

This is correct, but I forgot about it, needs rebase.
andychase commented at 10:50 AM on December 4, 2015: contributor

Have to close this one to fix as the repository its from no longer exists
andychase closed this on Dec 4, 2015
andychase cross-referenced this on Dec 4, 2015 from issue BIP-0001 Should be labeled as "Process" Type by andychase
ajtowns referenced this in commit 6a36adea8d on Jan 10, 2020

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