[ARIN-Suggestions] One New Suggestion Received

[ARIN]

One new suggestion has been received (2025.8). You may find the new suggestion and link in full below.

Regards, 

American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

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ACSP Suggestion 2025.8: Make Commit Messages to the NRPM Gitlab More Informative
https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/suggestions/2025/2025-08/

Author: Adair Thaxton  

Description: Make commit messages to the NRPM Gitlab more informative  

Value to Community:

I have been pointed to the NRPM in Gitlab as a way to track historical changes to the NRPM. However, the commit messages (https://bitbucket.org/arin-rir/number-resource-policy-manual/commits/branch/master) do not tell me what changes are actually being made, only what version is current.

If we intend for the Gitlab to be able to provide historical context, it’s currently not really easy to find that information. For example, during discussion of Draft Policy ARIN-2025-6, I went to the Gitlab to see the history of the phrase “provider assignment unit” in section 6.5.2.1. I checked the commit messages to see if I could tell when this section was added or updated, but the sections that have been changed in each commit are not listed.

Please consider the community’s ability to track changes to specific policies when committing changes to NRPM. Adding specific policies that are being reflected in commits would help too, but specifying policy changes would be very helpful.

Status: Confirmed