Document the process for updating the spec

[eemeli]

Related: #35

I would be interested in helping to develop YAML's specification, but I don't know how that's supposed to happen. Is there some established group or organisation that's driving this process?

Is there some active discussion forum for the YAML spec, other than this repo? I've been referred to an IRC channel previously, but that's not a viable option for me. The mailing list seems pretty dead too.

Specifically I started to think of this as issue #46 was filed here a few days ago, "Discussion of RFC-003", but the wiki page YAML Language Proposals claims that it "replaces the prior YAML RFC's". Which one's right?

[ingydotnet]

@eemeli this is a work in progress. Please be patient while it takes shape.

For now everything related to the YAML spec will take place in this repo. Note that there will be multiple branches for different aspects of the process. We are moving away from the wiki, as it doesn't integrate well with github tooling like issues and pull requests etc.

See branches:

• rfc
  • Each RFC file will have an issue for discussion
• spec-1.2
  • A copy of the legacy master branch.
  • master will become just a ReadMe, explaining the repo layout and spec process
• spec-1.3
  • This is where the new spec will take shape
  • There is proposal file started there
  • The wiki proposal you referenced will be merged into the new one

This week I will try to get the files and branches and wiki and issues into the basic shape I imagine going forward. The wiki pages will be noticeably deprecated.

Thank you for your interest. I look forward to your participation.