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Introduce a status for approved/accepted TAPs that are not intended to make it into the core specification #171

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joshuagl opened this issue Feb 23, 2023 · 0 comments

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In the most recent community meeting there was a sidebar discussion on the complexity of implementing TUF and how several TAPs (specifically TAP 4 and TAP 8) increase complexity for optional features.

As part of the discussion I proposed that we add an additional TAP status, or update the accepted status, to include a notion of a TAP which is reviewed and approved but, due to its optional nature, is considered supplementary to the specification and is not destined to become a part of the core specification document.

During the discussion the following pros and cons were discussed:

Pros

  • implementation simplicity and safety for those only interested in the core TUF functionality of today

Cons

  • confusion in how implementations/adoptions communicate which combination of TUF + TAPs are implemented
  • this potentially makes it harder to find a TUF implementation which suits all of an adopters needs
  • testing combinations of features is harder
  • unclear what this means for the reference implementation(s)

FWIW some of these cons (i.e., compatibility across implementations, lack of clarity around what exactly a TUF implementation implements) already exist today.

Filing this issue as a place to continue this discussion.

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