within the RISC-V Community over whether revisions should be made:
should existing legacy designs be prioritised, mutually-exclusively over
future designs (and what happens during the transition period is absolute
-chaos). If several overlapping revisions are required that have not
-yet transitioned out of use (which could take well over two decades to
-occur) the situation becomes disastrous for the credibility of RISC-V.
+chaos, with the compiler toolchain, software ecosystem and ultimately
+the end-users bearing the full brunt of the impact). If several
+overlapping revisions are required that have not yet transitioned out
+of use (which could take well over two decades to occur) the situation
+becomes disastrous for the credibility of the entire RISC-V ecosystem.
It was also pointed out that Compliance is an extremely important factor
to take into consideration, and that Custom Extensions (as being optional)