Revising a REC is a fairly complicated piece of the Process. The 4 subsections that deal with making revisions for class 1 through 4 are comparatively simple, but they had very strong similarities between class 1 and 2, and class 3 and 4. Consolidating the text not only makes the whole thing shorter, it also eliminates subtle differences of language that could leave people wondering about potential differences where none were intended or useful.
This PR is an alternative to https://github.com/w3c/w3process/pull/865. It merges the 4 subsections into 3 rather than into 2, to keep "new features" distinct, so as not to make reading about class 3 changes more complicated for those who don't care about class 4.
Revising a REC is a fairly complicated piece of the Process. The 4 subsections that deal with making revisions for class 1 through 4 are comparatively simple, but they had very strong similarities between class 1 and 2, and class 3 and 4. Consolidating the text not only makes the whole thing shorter, it also eliminates subtle differences of language that could leave people wondering about potential differences where none were intended or useful.
This PR is an alternative to https://github.com/w3c/w3process/pull/865. It merges the 4 subsections into 3 rather than into 2, to keep "new features" distinct, so as not to make reading about class 3 changes more complicated for those who don't care about class 4.
This is a small part in addressing #700
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