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input_shtoday at 10:17 AM0 repliesview on HN

Yes, /s, they're advocating for it to be more of a work-in-progress document, and not considered something final in its current state.

The last pull request got accepted into main in 1992 after being stuck in the per review stage for no less than 202 years. The latest one out of 4 that still remain open ("no child labour") celebrated its 100th year anniversary 18 months ago because for some reason 15 states rejected to approve it and 2 of the states haven't even bothered to address it. 12 of the 28 that gave their approval also rejected it initially but then changed their opinion down the line.