[Tinyos Core WG] RFC model

[Philip Levis]

On Oct 13, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Vlado Handziski wrote:

> After looking at the PEP process (no procedure for fixing the PEP  
> after it is in final state, can only be obsoleted like the RFCs)  
> and thinking about this a bit more, I agree with Phil's position  
> that we should stick with the same model with the following additions.
>
> To handle the problem of finding the relationship between the  
> original and changed TEPs, I propose the following steps:
>
> 1. We declare the TEP metadata part not to be protected by the  
> "final" state
> 2. We introduce a new metadata attributes: obsoletes and extends
> 3. The new TEP has to reference the obsoleted/extended TEP in the  
> metadata
> 4. Upon finalization of the new TEP, the old TEP's _metadata_ will  
> be changed to state: obsoleted by/extended by: new_TEP number
>

This all sounds reasonable to me. The current TEP 1 does not go into  
this, and I think your specification is nice and crisp.

Phil