There will be an annual release of all the specs, which can be
reference as Andrew says.

But, use the extension name as a key. If the extension doesn't have a
name, we'll give it a name.

Krste

On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 23:14:42 -0700, "Greg Favor" <gfavor@...> said:

| On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 10:50 PM Allen Baum <allen.baum@...> wrote:
| So " In general every new extension will be a separate new chapter."
| But of course, but.... will they always be added to the end of the spec, or could they be inserted into the middle?
| The latter will, cause renumbering of chapters, and many, many references to those sections to become obsolete
| in docs all over the ecosystem. 

| I'm reviewing the RISC-V certification test questions, and authors must point to references for their answers.
| If sections change numbers, then a lot of those test questions will need to be rewritten. 
|  I'm sure that won't be the only place, and tracking them all down will be a pain.

| Using chapter numbers instead of chapter titles for cross-reference purposes seems quite brittle (as you're pointing out) and undesirable.  And that constancy of all chapter (and
| section numbers) going from the 2019 Unpriv and Priv specs to the 2021 specs has already been broken.

| If it was me, I would say that the certification test questions should use chapter (and section) titles (and avoid chapter/section numbers).  Otherwise one way or another I would
| bet that their spec cross-references aren't going to survive 100% over the next 5-10 years.

| Greg

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