Dear all

As David H says, I think we should first decide the procedure for making 
decisions on changes using GitHub (as an alternative to Trac). This will be 
part of a modified version of http://cfconventions.org/rules.html, so at this 
point we need explicit text to put in that document. In principle it should be 
the same procedure as now regarding the time-limits etc.

One change in the procedure could be to recognise an extra kind of change 
request i.e. typo, which is different from defect or enhancement. A defect is a 
proposal to change the words of the document to correct an error or clarify 
them, with materially changing the meaning of it. Someone else might disagree 
with the proposer of a defect ticket and think what they propose is actually a 
material change to the meaning, and in that case the proposal has to be 
discussed as an enhancement instead i.e. not accepted by default. A typo is an 
even more minor change which fixes something that seems evidently to be simply 
a mistake. However it's possible, in an analogous way, that someone else might 
say that it's not a typo, but deliberate, in which case it'd have to be 
discussed as a defect or enhancement instead.

I think that a typo could be proposed with a pull request, but a defect or an 
enhancement should be started with an issue, as David H says, and proceed to a 
pull request when it's fairly well agreed and it comes to a matter of wording.

Cheers

Jonathan


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