# Conventions release dates are missing since CF-1.7 # Moderator @user
# Requirement Summary Recent versions of CF do not state their release date. This is useful information for curators, creators and for the building of other standards which rely on CF. Since CF-1.7, the release date has been missing from the conventions document. CF-1.6 records this after the author list ([version 1.6, 5 December, 2011](https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/v1.6.0/cf-conventions.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mJs8eb2NIMLdn2YQBXsiw4lJdcwQpCe2ZxFWvJTXj9z2wLzf2JFyapYrhn2qVVQYUVuEPwsPCc4$ )). Versions [1.7](https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-conventions/cf-conventions-1.7/cf-conventions.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mJs8eb2NIMLdn2YQBXsiw4lJdcwQpCe2ZxFWvJTXj9z2wLzf2JFyapYrhn2qVVQYUVuEmQsyd4A$ ), [1.8](https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-conventions/cf-conventions-1.8/cf-conventions.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mJs8eb2NIMLdn2YQBXsiw4lJdcwQpCe2ZxFWvJTXj9z2wLzf2JFyapYrhn2qVVQYUVuEkvL25fE$ ) and [1.9 (draft)](https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/cf-conventions.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mJs8eb2NIMLdn2YQBXsiw4lJdcwQpCe2ZxFWvJTXj9z2wLzf2JFyapYrhn2qVVQYUVuEo4iLsD8$ ) state the version but not the release date. All of these versions have a "Last modified" date at the very end of the document, but this may be later these date (e.g. in [1.6](https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://cfconventions.org/cf-conventions/v1.6.0/cf-conventions.html__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mJs8eb2NIMLdn2YQBXsiw4lJdcwQpCe2ZxFWvJTXj9z2wLzf2JFyapYrhn2qVVQYUVuEPwsPCc4$ )). The "tag" dates of the versions are available at https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mJs8eb2NIMLdn2YQBXsiw4lJdcwQpCe2ZxFWvJTXj9z2wLzf2JFyapYrhn2qVVQYUVuEmxOjq0U$ , but these are at a remove from the actual published documents. # Technical Proposal Summary The release date is re-instated after the version in the [cf-conventions.adoc](https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/master/cf-conventions.adoc__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mJs8eb2NIMLdn2YQBXsiw4lJdcwQpCe2ZxFWvJTXj9z2wLzf2JFyapYrhn2qVVQYUVuEP-jUx3A$ ), replacing "(draft)" and following [the same pattern as CF-1.6](https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/v1.6.0/cf-conventions.adoc__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mJs8eb2NIMLdn2YQBXsiw4lJdcwQpCe2ZxFWvJTXj9z2wLzf2JFyapYrhn2qVVQYUVuED7YEKL4$ ). This would be done by the releaser at release time. It would be good to also add the dates to versions 1.7 and 1.8, but I'm not sure how to implement this with respect to the tagged commits in the repository. # Benefits Anyone who would like to know when a version of CF was released # Status Quo The release date is not generally known. # Associated pull request # Detailed Proposal -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/329__;!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!mJs8eb2NIMLdn2YQBXsiw4lJdcwQpCe2ZxFWvJTXj9z2wLzf2JFyapYrhn2qVVQYUVuE77rJZtY$ This list forwards relevant notifications from Github. It is distinct from [email protected], although if you do nothing, a subscription to the UCAR list will result in a subscription to this list. To unsubscribe from this list only, send a message to [email protected].
