RFC Update/Replace

[southpolesteve]

Currently update replaces the entire data structure. If the client send a partial object, attributes not sent will be removed.

Proposal:

• Move existing update behavior to new method replace
• Change update method to accept partial object and only change attributes passed by the client. Attributes not included remain the same.

[tsiege]

I like this idea, and it might solve the issue @dtetto mentioned about how we handle changing our article states. I also think current behavior would be unexpected/undesired for most users.

[jqyu]

Just for clarification, how does this work with #38, will an update invocation also create a new version? EDIT: whoops nevermind, I can't read.

[dtetto]

👍