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Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sat, 22 Mar 2003 01:11:43 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Dan Boger wrote:
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> > On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 08:51:06PM +0000, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> > > Point taken, but I still think developers should discuss what they want to
> > > add with LDraw.org and Lugnet.cad.dev so that they don't add something
> > > that's already been added or being developed.
> >
> > I agree that the discussion should take place - I'm just worried about
> > the "regulation" part.
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> I really agree with Dan on this point. As I mentioned in another message,
> a standards body could certainly come up with suggestions for standard
> commands, but they wouldn't have any power of enforcement.
Very good point. In my conversations with a few semi-outsiders to the LDraw
community, they believed systems could (or should, I see your [1] and rase
you that) be established to encourage participation and compliance, but
could not/should not respond in the negative to non-compliance.
Finding ways to encourage people to comply with a published LDraw.org
standard is a good idea, I think. While that comes after a SB and a
published LDraw.org spec, I think we can brainstorm together good solutions
to that.
> About the only thing ldraw.org could[1] do is to start an 'LDraw.org
> Compatible' program, where various programs could label themselves as LDraw
> compliant, if they follow the standards.[2] But that sounds too
> Mickey-Mouse to be worth doing, IMO.
It doesn't have to be a lot of effort, though. A page, some badges, and
encouragement in news that's put forth on the site about various programs.
Steve Barile made the analogy to me about standards in the computer industry
-- for example, a motherboard with an AGP slot. People buy a specific
motherboard because it has that slot, it's AGP standard compliant. People
download a program because it's LDraw.org compliant, they see the LDraw.org
spec and organization and want programs which do that... (thoughts please)
-Tim
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