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Re: LDraw Versioning (Was Re: Backwards Compatibility)
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Mon, 17 Mar 2003 04:45:35 GMT
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Ok...replying to myself here...
In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Wayne Gramlich writes:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky writes:
> > > In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney writes:
> > > <snip>
> > > > If we want to encourage other programmers to volunteer and write programs
> > > > for the LDraw system, what exists now needs to be clearly documented.
> > >
> > > I think we need to put a lock on the creation of any new commands until we
> > > can properly document the existing commands. This will prevent the overlap
> > > of functionality.
> >
> > All:
> >
> > There are gazillions of file formats out there and most of them
> > have had to undergo some amount format evolution. Format evolution
> > is a healthy and common situation.
> >
> > A common first step towards evolving a file format is to introduce
> > a version number into the specification. While the introduction
> > of a version number is by no means universal, it is an extremely
> > common strategy and would be rather easy to do for the LDraw
> > specification. That way programs can read the version number
> > and adapt to any changes that have occured to the file format.
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> Excellent suggestion, Wayne.
Also, Wayne, since we're on the topic of standards bodies, would you mind
sharing with the community some of your thoughts about this, based on your
past term(s) as Sun's representative to the W3C?
Guys - allthough the W3C is way above and beyond what we're doing here, I
think it's valuable to learn how the big boys do it, and draw from that
what's appropriate for our community.
I know Wayne isn't all that active here, but I've met him in person on
multiple occasions (BricksWest 2002 and 2003). Each time we get into good
discussions about the current state of the LDraw community, and what should
be done differently in the future. Because of his experience, Wayne has a
lot of valuable insight into our situation.
-Tim
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| [snip] (...) Tim: For those who do not know, W3C stands for World Wide Web Consortium and it is the organization that is responsible for web standards such as HTTP, URL, HTML, XML, etc. Before I get into the details of how W3C operates, let me start (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw Versioning (Was Re: Backwards Compatibility)
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| (...) Excellent suggestion, Wayne. (...) I like this - with one reservation. We should only focus on documenting 1.0.0 right now. Additions, which would go in a future version (1.1.0) are being openly discussed. Actual decisions on that version (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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