I'm just a bit unconfortable with the name "opensource-opentype". Why not LibreType ? ;-)
Also, tell us more about your effort. I was not present at LGM this year, so I am not sure I undertand it. On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Felipe Sanches <[email protected]> wrote: > https://github.com/felipesanches/ > > happy hacking! :-D > > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Nathan Willis <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> For those who are interested in following the progress of our >> opensource-opentype effort, I went ahead and created a GitHub >> "organization" at https://github.com/opensource-opentype >> >> GitHub orgs are basically the same as 'corporate' accounts (but they're >> free for FOSS projects). Meaning they have a membership and the members >> can create multiple repositories underneath the org's hierarchy. >> >> The next question I thought about was what repos to create. My thinking >> is that, at the "end" of the process, we want to have several things: >> - UI / UX best-practices and guides >> - Some technical docs to assist implementers (current and future) with >> the non-UI portions of the stack. Perhaps sample code, perhaps just >> pointing people to the right code elsewhere >> - Some reference documentation that records our thoughts and processes, >> particularly things like how we interpret the OpenType feature descriptions >> (which was the subject of a lot of talk at the LGM workshop) >> >> I know there are grey areas and overlaps in that set, but it's a rough >> sketch. I think those are, at least, three sides of the equation that may >> be making progress on separate fronts. E.g., Peter's notes about UX >> research are not *part of* a guide to how HarfBuzz and Pango provide hooks >> to get at font features. Perhaps, then, that's a good guide for setting up >> repos in the present. >> >> So my idea would be to, for now, start three repositories: UI, feature >> reference, and feature access code. >> >> Does that breakdown sound reasonable? What am I forgetting? >> >> Thanks, >> Nate >> PS - also, please tell me (or Dave or Behdad, currently) your GitHub >> username if you want to be added to the org. It's no problem. >> -- >> nathan.p.willis >> [email protected] <http://identi.ca/n8> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CREATE mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create >> >> >
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