[CF-metadata] provisional status for changes to the convention

From: Schultz, Martin <m.schultz>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 22:35:34 +0000

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 <jbgraybeal at mindspring.com>
To: CF Metadata List <cf-metadata at 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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