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The alternative to a "living document" is "we have a bunch of updates and errata, and you're going to have to piece together the current version yourself from m
by roca 9y ago
The alternative to a "living document" is "we have a bunch of updates and errata, and you're going to have to piece together the current version yourself from many sources".
If you really need an unchanging version, download some version and use that.
- userbinator 9y agoNo, the alternative is a versioned document.
- roca 9y agoThese documents are versioned in VCS. The core issue is that either you update the master document every time you have a fix, or you don't. If you do, it's a living standard. If you don't, then people have to cobble together the latest version from various sources.
- zaarn 9y agoOr alternatively, follow a strict release cycle, ie, once a year and publish that. Have all standards follow this cycle. The choices aren't "commit everything to master" or "commit everything into various versions". A strict release cycle also prevents having some hype extension which only a few people actually use since it takes more effort and dedication to get stuff into the standards.