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M. J. Fromberger 109814c85a Clarify decision record for ADR-065. (#7062)
While discussing a question about the indexing interface (#7044), we found some
confusion about the intent of the design decisions in ADR 065.

Based on discussion with the original authors of the ADR, this commit adds some
language to the Decisions section to spell out the intentions more clearly, and
to call out future work that this ADR did not explicitly decide about.
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Architecture Decision Records (ADR)

This is a location to record all high-level architecture decisions in the tendermint project.

You can read more about the ADR concept in this blog post.

An ADR should provide:

  • Context on the relevant goals and the current state
  • Proposed changes to achieve the goals
  • Summary of pros and cons
  • References
  • Changelog

Note the distinction between an ADR and a spec. The ADR provides the context, intuition, reasoning, and justification for a change in architecture, or for the architecture of something new. The spec is much more compressed and streamlined summary of everything as it stands today.

If recorded decisions turned out to be lacking, convene a discussion, record the new decisions here, and then modify the code to match.

Note the context/background should be written in the present tense.

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Implemented

Accepted

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Proposed