design/README: add declined as obsolete
Change-Id: Ie474906725459bb070e3e9ca6b98b4085901de88
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/proposal/+/504943
Run-TryBot: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
TryBot-Bypass: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
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If it seems like there is still general interest from others, the proposal
may also be kept open and the discussion continued.
+#### Declined as Obsolete
+
+If a proposal is obsoleted by changes to Go that have been made
+since the proposal was filed, the proposal review group may decline
+the proposal as obsolete without progressing through the Active or
+Likely Decline stages.
+
+If it seems like there is still general interest from others,
+or that discussion may lead to a different, non-obsolete proposal,
+the proposal may also be kept open and the discussion continued.
+
#### Hold
If discussion of a proposal requires design revisions or additional information
