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| -rw-r--r-- | bip-0002.mediawiki | 6 |
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diff --git a/bip-0002.mediawiki b/bip-0002.mediawiki index 83b027c..5455419 100644 --- a/bip-0002.mediawiki +++ b/bip-0002.mediawiki @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Each BIP must begin with an RFC 822 style header preamble. The headers must appe Created: <date created on, in ISO 8601 (yyyy-mm-dd) format> License: <abbreviation for approved license(s)> * License-Code: <abbreviation for code under different approved license(s)> -* Post-History: <dates of postings to bitcoin mailing list> +* Post-History: <dates of postings to bitcoin mailing list, or link to thread in mailing list archive> * Replaces: <BIP number> * Superseded-By: <BIP number> </pre> @@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ While a BIP is in private discussions (usually during the initial Draft phase), The Type header specifies the type of BIP: Standards Track, Informational, or Process. -The Created header records the date that the BIP was assigned a number, while Post-History is used to record the dates of when new versions of the BIP are posted to bitcoin mailing lists. Both headers should be in yyyy-mm-dd format, e.g. 2001-08-14. +The Created header records the date that the BIP was assigned a number, while Post-History is used to record when new versions of the BIP are posted to bitcoin mailing lists. +Dates should be in yyyy-mm-dd format, e.g. 2001-08-14. +Post-History is permitted to be a link to a specific thread in a mailing list archive. BIPs may have a Requires header, indicating the BIP numbers that this BIP depends on. |