This sections defines the types and messages shared across implementations. The definition of the data structures are located in the core/data_structures for the core data types and ABCI definitions are located in the ABCI section.
The .proto
files within this section are core to the protocol and updates must be treated as such.
.proto
file(s), core data structures and/or ABCI protocol.The spec repo aims to be versioned. Once it has been versioned, updates to the protobuf files will live on master. After a certain amount of time, decided on by Tendermint-go and Tendermint-rs team leads, a release will be made on the spec repo. The spec may contain minor releases as well, depending on the implementation these changes may lead to a breaking change. If so, the implementation team should open an issue within the spec repo requiring a major release of the spec.
If the steps above were followed each implementation should have issues tagged with a spec change label. Once all issues have been completed the team should signify their readiness for release.