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Subject: 
We need an update NOW (Was: Parts Update?)
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lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date: 
Mon, 30 Apr 2001 20:46:38 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Franklin W. Cain writes:
Which raises the question (for me anyway) --
where can I get these parts before they're voted upon?
Regrettably, the only way I know of to get any
of the DAT files posted but not yet packaged and released,
is to hunt for them one-by-one here at LUGNet.CAD...  :-(

Okay, this is getting ridiculous.  We need a parts update.  There are, what,
hundreds?, of parts wasting in the pipeline.  How much longer are they going
to sit there?  How can holding the parts for this long be justified?

Give me unofficial parts, I don't care.  It is irresponsible to let this go
on much further -- the old system may not have been stellar, but the current
system is obviously far, far worse.  At this rate, with this kind of
exposure, there's really no reason for parts authors to continue their hard
work.

Let's make these parts available so that people can use them.  If this means
releasing them with a disclaimer that they may change before getting the
"official unoffical part" blessing, then fine.  If this means parts authors
bypassing the ldraw.org procedures, then fine.

But by all means, get those parts out now.

Cheers,
- jsproat



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: We need an update NOW (Was: Parts Update?)
 
(...) Perhaps we could break the job into smaller chunks, like maybe 20 parts a week to relieve the pipeline pressure. -Chuck (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
  Re: We need an update NOW (Was: Parts Update?)
 
(...) It can't be "justified", but stamping one's foot isn't going to help, Jeremy, and you know that. I think what we need is an unoffical update. Package them up as unofficial and tell people to take their chances. But realise that there is (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
  Re: We need an update NOW (Was: Parts Update?)
 
(...) I don't think that unofficial parts should be published from LDraw. How about simply encouraging the parts authors to post their parts to lugnet.cad.dat.parts? That way, people can see which parts are in the pipeline. Besides, people can (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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  Re: Parts Update?
 
(...) Regrettably, the only way I know of to get any of the DAT files posted but not yet packaged and released, is to hunt for them one-by-one here at LUGNet.CAD... :-( This is one of the reasons I was so thankful that Tore was doing the Parts (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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