Call for Input: Allow links to the Yellow Paper

[SamWilsn]

Decision	Will we merge ethereum/EIPs#6834 ?
Method	Rough Consensus
Deadline	October 13, 2023

[Pandapip1]

I vote yes. It's a free source and the commits are immutable.

[SamWilsn]

I am also in favour of allowing links to the Yellow Paper. It meets the requirements in EIP-5757.

[lightclient]

The yellow paper has not been updated for several forks. Bringing it up-to-date post merge is going to be a huge effort. It has also been deprecated by the execution-specs. We should not allow people to forego using the most up-to-date specs for Ethereum. There is no reason to allow yellow paper links in an EIP in 2023 and beyond.

[Pandapip1]

Nonetheless, it meets the requirements set by EIP-5757. Also, I believe maintaining the Yellow Paper is valuable.

[SamWilsn]

From @gcolvin:

Allow links.

From @xinbenlv:

Allow links.

[SamWilsn]

I believe rough consensus has been reached. Links to the Yellow Paper will be allowed.

In response to @lightclient's objections, the Yellow Paper meets the requirements in EIP-5757:

• Yellow Paper versions are identified by a commit hash.
• The Yellow Paper is as available as the EIPs repository itself.
• The Yellow Paper is free (as in beer) available.

The text of EIP-5757 says:

Should the editors determine that an origin meets the requirements above, EIP-1 MUST be updated to include:

[SamWilsn]

ethereum/EIPs#7884