FCP-0101: Deprecating most 10/100 Ethernet drivers

[Rodney W. Grimes]

> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 6:02 PM Rodney W. Grimes <
> freebsd-rwg at pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
... deleted un relavent text ...

> > > > > > Brooks,
> > > > > >         Is there a public revised version of FCP-0101 that
> > reflects the
> > > > > > feedback which is what core is voting on?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Its on github, just like it's been the whole time for anybody to see,
> > > > > submit pull requests against and track:
> > > >
> > > > I have no gh account, desires no gh account, so have no way to
> > > > submit a change request other than through direct email to
> > > > brooks or another gh user.  This is fundementally flawed.
> > > >
> > > > > https://github.com/freebsd/fcp/blob/master/fcp-0101.md
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for the link, I had looked at it before MeetBSD,
> > > > which did not have most of the recent changes done "a day ago".
> > > >
> > > > Isnt this document now in a frozen state while core reviews/votes?
> > >
> > > I sent it to a vote at c224c67557297d7cba909ad008542cb60980cc6b only
> > > to notice a bug in table rendering.  I submitted a pull request fix
> > > that and a missing word which was merged since neither was material.  I
> > > suppose they could have waited or been skipped, but there's no value in
> > > the FCP process being bound by the sort of pointless rigidity that led
> > > to -DPOSIX_MISTAKE in every libc compile line.
> >
> > The FCP process itself is unclear on this point,
> > I think this should be clarified.
> >
> > It is much more clear on post approval:
> >         Changes after acceptance
> >
> >         FCPs may need revision after they have been moved into the
> >         accepted state. In such cases, the author SHOULD update the
> >         FCP to reflect the final conclusions.
> >         If the changes are major, the FCP SHOULD be withdrawn
> >         and restarted.
> >
> 
> Good point Rod. While common sense suggests that trivial changes during the
> voting should be allowed for editorial purposes (eg fix grammar mistakes,
> table rendering etc), it's better to spell that out so there's no confusion.

Agreed.

> 
> diff --git a/fcp-0000.md b/fcp-0000.md
> index b4fe0f3..c8cc6f7 100644
> --- a/fcp-0000.md
> +++ b/fcp-0000.md
> @@ -144,7 +144,10 @@ When the discussion of a change has come to a suitable
> and acceptable close it
>  SHOULD be updated to the `vote` state.
> 
>  At this time the FreeBSD Core Team will vote on the subject of the FCP. The
> -result of vote moves the FCP into the `accepted` or `rejected` state.
> +result of vote moves the FCP into the `accepted` or `rejected` state. The
> +core team MAY make minor edits to the FCP to correct minor mistakes. Core
> +MAY return the proposal to the submitter if there are major problems that
> +need to be addressed.

This allows and clarifies that core may modify it,
it does not address if the author/submitter can modify it.

> 
>  FCPs in the `accepted` state can be updated and corrected.
>  See the "Changes after acceptance" section for more information.
> 
> Normally I'd submit that as a pull request, but since I know you don't use
> github, I thought I'd present it here to see if this answers your concerns
> before doing so.

I thank you very much for that consideration,
-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org