Re: Ability to revisit/edit things from previous versions (was Re: Trying to be clear - was making the draft for CR accurate)

On 26/01/2018 15:57, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> On 26/01/2018 15:25, Abma, J.D. (Jake) wrote:
>> Agile is a great approach where you have lots of opportunity to adjust 
>> in time if necessary.
>>
>> But is it possible to adjust 2.0 SCs (not so far as I know) or later 
>> on 2.1 SCs (probably also not…?!).
> 
> This is one of my concerns going forward as well. A few times in our 2.1 
> work we've had situations where editing or 
> expanding/narrowing/clarifying the scope of existing 2.0 content (SCs, 
> normative text) would have been ideal...but instead we were only allowed 
> to add, never subtract/touch existing material.

I think this was perhaps the most incomprehensible decision made during 
2.1. It should be possible to conform to the present version, the 
previous version, or even the original version if you really want to, 
but the notion that in order to conform to 2.1 you have to conform to 
2.0,  puts a serious obstacle in the way of progress IMO.

Léonie