Re: Project Name

[Joe Latrell]

You could always adopt the opensource software method of tracking
project revs.  They use a 0.0.0 model.  Minor changes result in a minor
change. 0.0.1 becomes 0.0.2.  Agreed upon revisions warrant a moderate
update 0.0.1 becomes 0.1.1 and major upgrades... you get the idea.

This works, but the iiis (I think) will have it on this one ;)

Long day and an even longer night ahead.

Joe Latrell

On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 19:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 10/30/2002 9:20:08 AM Alaskan Standard Time, 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
> 
> > I made that suggestion earlier, that as we come up with new ones we add 
> > roman numerals to the end of the name. All upgrades and such will be just 
> > noted as revision levels. We haven’t actually made one yet, so this first 
> > one would simply be known as IcePIC. The starting assembly drawing would be 
> > IcePIC rev0. Typically you change the rev level everytime anything is 
> > changed on the print, even if it is a single letter or added dimension 
> > information. This keeps people from getting two separate drawings of the 
> > same revision – which can be extremely confusing. Then at some point if we 
> > make a real major change, like use a different casing or get a hold of a 
> > nuclear battery, we go to IcePIC II rev0. Or at least that’s the general 
> > idea.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Robert Crawley
> > 
> > Elite Precision Fabricators, Inc.
> > 
> > Programming
> > 
> > (936) 449-6823
> > 
> > 
> Robert,
> 
> Julie and I discussed this one a bit.  She points out that the correct title 
> is 'Icepick' not IcePIC, as I was calling it.
> For versions, however, we probably ought to avoid anything too complex.  For 
> now, we're titling it as follows:
> 1)  Icepick I = the actual working model of an ice submersible.  This is the 
> proposed 3' model, with the ability to dive 200'+ into ice, and drop 
> transponders.
> 2)  Icepick iA = this is the Joe Latrell prototype, made from a cardboard 
> tube wrapped in wire and powered with batteries.  If someone else comes up 
> with an alternative in addition to Joe's, that would be Icepick iB.
> 
> We won't be ready for  Icepick I (capitalized 'I') until we've worked through 
> a series of lower-case iii's.  The lowercase i we can use to simply denote 
> limited experiment prototypes, such as Joe Latrell's initial model.
> 
> In a strictly technical sense, you're right:  Icepick rev 0, Icepick II rev 0 
> is more correct.  However, we have to remember that we don't have a lab full 
> of engineers privy to the same technical drawings.  We have to keep the 
> titles short and easily recognized, so that a person can jump back into the 
> project again, with a minimum of confusion, if s/he leaves for awhile.
> 
> -- John Harlow Byrne



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