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### Changes from BIP 2
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- Introduce Deputies and optional Deputies header.
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- Rename "Author" field to "Authors".
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- Refer to the proposers of a BIP as "authors" throughout the document.
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- The Standards Track type is superseded by the similar Specification type.[^standard-track]
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- Many sections are declared optional, it is up to the authors and audience to judge whether all relevant topics have
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been comprehensively addressed and which topics require a designated section to do so.
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- Layer header is optional for Specification BIPs or Informational BIPs, as it does not make sense for all BIPs.[^layer]
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- The comment system is abolished. Comments-URI and Comment-Summary headers are dropped from the preamble, Comments as
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an aspect of the process are discontinued.[^comments]
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- Process BIPs are living documents that do not ossify and may be modified indefinitely.
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- Titles may now be up to 50 characters.
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- The "Discussions-To" header is dropped as it has never been used in any BIP.
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- The "Post-History" header is replaced with the "Discussion" header.
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- The "Superseded-By" header is replaced with the "Proposed-Replacement" header.
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#### Editor Role
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#### Workflow
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- Status field values are reduced from nine to four:
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- Deferred, Obsolete, Rejected, Replaced, and Withdrawn are gathered up into Closed.[^closed]
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- Final and Active are collapsed into Deployed.
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- Proposed is renamed to Complete.
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- The remaining statuses are Draft, Complete, Deployed, and Closed.
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- A BIP in Draft or Complete status may no longer be closed solely on grounds of not making progress for three years.[^rejection]
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- A BIP in Draft status may be set to Closed by anyone if it appears to have stopped making progress for at least a
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year and its authors do not assert that they are still working on it when contacted.
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- Many judgment calls previously required from BIP Editors are reassigned either to the BIP authors or the repository’s
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- Process BIPs are living documents that do not ossify and may be modified indefinitely.
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- Some judgment calls previously required from BIP Editors are reassigned either to the BIP authors or the repository’s
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audience.
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- Tracking of adoption, acceptance, and community consensus is out of scope for the BIPs repository, except to determine
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whether a BIP is in active use for the move into or out of the Deployed status.
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- The comment system is abolished.[^comments]
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#### BIP Format
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- The Standards Track type is superseded by the similar Specification type.[^standard-track]
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- Many sections are declared optional, it is up to the authors and audience to judge whether all relevant topics have
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been comprehensively addressed and which topics require a designated section to do so.
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- "Other Implementations" sections are discouraged.[^OtherImplementations]
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- Auxiliary files are only permitted in the corresponding BIP’s subdirectory, as no one used the alternative of labeling
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them with the BIP number.
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- The set of acceptable licenses was reduced to the ones previously used and two more requested by reviewers, and the distinction between recommended and
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acceptable licenses was dropped.
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- Tracking of adoption, acceptance, and community consensus is out of scope for the BIPs repository, except to determine
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whether a BIP is in active use for the move into or out of the Deployed status.
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- The distinction between recommended and acceptable licenses was dropped.
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- Most licenses that have not been used in the BIP process have been dropped from the list of acceptable licenses.
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#### Preamble
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- Comments-URI and Comment-Summary headers are dropped from the preamble.[^comments]
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- The "Superseded-By" header is replaced with the "Proposed-Replacement" header.
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- The "Post-History" header is replaced with the "Discussion" header.
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- The "Discussions-To" header is dropped as it has never been used in any BIP.
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- Introduce Deputies and optional Deputies header.
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- Titles may now be up to 50 characters.
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- Layer header is optional for Specification BIPs or Informational BIPs, as it does not make sense for all BIPs.[^layer]
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- Rename "Author" field to "Authors".
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### Updates to Existing BIPs should this BIP be Activated
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