However, I have the impression that many people understand the period of six weeks indeed as the _main_ discussion period for a proposal. If we hear a lot of people wishing for extending the default initial period to 6 months (or so), we can certainly change the CDR rules to reflect the needs of the community.
Do other people have any opinions on this?
That was my impression. 6-months is probably safer (unless it adds greatly to the CDR maintainer's workload).
Instead, consider simply resubmitting a document under as a new CDR,
and state in that document that it supersedes a previous CDR. We can also add to the previous CDR that a new CDR supersedes it. This is the preferred way for such changes, because it leaves the judgment whether a changed document accurately reflects community agreement completely to the community.
Or do you think this is not sufficient?
I strongly _agree_ with Pascal's point. Changes should be new CDRs.
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