[bitcoin-dev] Status updates for BIP 9, 68, 112, and 113

[Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev]

I'm not sure why it is labeled as only "Informational" in the first
place, as BIP9 is part of the consensus logic.

Only by proxy/inclusion from another BIP, such as 68, 112, and 113. In
other words, BIP 9 is informational in that it advises how other BIPs
might deploy themselves.

It's a bit of grey area, as indeed, only the BIPs that are actual softforks
are consensus changes - which employ this mechanism for deployment. But I
think such an important deployment mechanism, which is supposed to be used
by all softforks from now onwards, shouldn't just be an informational BIP.

As things stand right now, none of the Authors have commented on changing the
type. It has been a month, and I am prepared to change the status to Final or
Active; but I am unclear if your comments were an objection to changing the
status or not.

Last call: Does anyone mind if I update BIP 9 to Final status?

Luke

[Btc Drak via bitcoin-dev]

Fine by me to update BIP68 and BIP112 to Final status. The forks have
activated.

Daniel Cousens opened the issue a few weeks ago, that BIP 9 should
progress to
Accepted stage. However, as an informational BIP, it is not entirely clear
on
whether it falls in the Draft/Accepted/Final classification of proposals
requiring implementation, or the Draft/Active classification like process
https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/413
(Discussion on the GitHub BIPs repo is *NOT* recommended, hence bringing
this
topic to the mailing list)
- BIPs 68, 112, 113, and 141 are themselves implementations of BIP 9
-- therefore, BIP 9 falls under the Draft/Accepted/Final class
- BIPs 68, 112, and 113 have been deployed to the network successfully
-- therefore, BIP 9 has satisfied the conditions of not only Accepted
status,
but also Final status
-- therefore, BIPs 68, 112, and 113 also ought to be Final status
If there are no objections, I plan to update the status to Final for BIPs
9,
68, 112, and 113 in one month. Since all four BIPs are currently Draft, I
also
need at least one author from each BIP to sign-off on promoting them to
(and
beyond) Accepted.