[Council] Splitting MIX

[Daniel Gultsch]

I for my part are with with you just splitting it. I imagine a vote
would just pass anyway and we can avoid some bureaucracy that way.

Steve and I are looking at splitting up MIX at some point in the future. In the past it’s happened that when an already-accepted spec has been split into multiple that the Editor’s just published the ‘new’ XEPs without Council voting, as Council’s already accepted the content. Does anyone have any objections if we follow that principle here, or would Council like to go through voting processes for each split?
/K

[Sam Whited]

Post by Daniel Gultsch
I for my part are with with you just splitting it. I imagine a vote
would just pass anyway and we can avoid some bureaucracy that way.

Steve and I are looking at splitting up MIX at some point in the future. In the past it’s happened that when an already-accepted spec has been split into multiple that the Editor’s just published the ‘new’ XEPs without Council voting, as Council’s already accepted the content. Does anyone have any objections if we follow that principle here, or would Council like to go through voting processes for each split?

I agree.

—Sam

[Dave Cridland]

So I think:

1) Splitting a XEP into multiple XEPs without changing the technical
content can be seen as an Editorial change.

2) Technical changes to the XEPs, once split, are covered under the usual
rules.

3) Doing both at the same time is a grey area; good practise suggests that
introducing technical change during the split would be hard for people to
review, though.

Steve and I are looking at splitting up MIX at some point in the future.
In the past it’s happened that when an already-accepted spec has been split
into multiple that the Editor’s just published the ‘new’ XEPs without
Council voting, as Council’s already accepted the content. Does anyone have
any objections if we follow that principle here, or would Council like to
go through voting processes for each split?
/K