Re: [admin] Web Platform WG is the new WebApps

[Arthur Barstow]

On 10/12/15 12:23 PM, Marcos Caceres wrote:

Please use separate repositories for each work item.


Yes, that is expectation -> all of the WG's specs will have their own 
repo (mostly are under github.com/w3c//) and my expectation 
is that any new spec the group starts would also have its own/separate repo.


(My expectation is the group's Github repo will mostly be used for admin 
type documents.)


-Thanks, AB

Re: [admin] Web Platform WG is the new WebApps

[Marcos Caceres]

On October 12, 2015 at 8:23:25 AM, Arthur Barstow (art.bars...@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hi All,
>  
> On October 10, the consortium formerly started the Web Platform WG
> [Charter] thus terminating WebApps.
>  
> My expectation is this change will have little to no impact on any work
> started in WebApps. That said, please note the charter indicates
> WebApps' less developed specs (f.ex. the Editing specs) need some
> "incubation" before they may proceed on the Recommendation track.
> However, that was effectively how WebApps operated so I don't see this
> as a change - a spec still needs implementation commitments before
> advancing to the later Recommendation stages.

For incubation, members are welcomed to bring their specs Web Incubator CG:
http://github.com/wicg

The WICG can help members get specs into shape and connect them with developers 
and other implementers. It's a fast, IPR friendly way, to get ideas road-tested 
before formal standardization. 

> The WPWG has its own Github repo [Github] and the group will not use
> W3C's wiki. (Only a small number of WebApps' Editors actively use W3C
> wiki documents (primarily IDB v2 features, Pointer Lock v2 features,
> Gamepad v2 features, and D3E) and I will work with those Editors to move
> their relevant wiki information to their spec's repo.)

Please please please (please!), don't use a single repository as a dumpling 
ground for spec - it makes it impossible for people to follow individual work 
items, file bugs, etc.. Please use separate repositories for each work item.

I would suggest maybe making your own organization on Github, and then managing 
your specs through that. Again, see:
http://github.com/wicg
 

[admin] Web Platform WG is the new WebApps

[Arthur Barstow]

Hi All,

On October 10, the consortium formerly started the Web Platform WG 
[Charter] thus terminating WebApps.


My expectation is this change will have little to no impact on any work 
started in WebApps. That said, please note the charter indicates 
WebApps' less developed specs (f.ex. the Editing specs) need some 
"incubation" before they may proceed on the Recommendation track. 
However, that was effectively how WebApps operated so I don't see this 
as a change - a spec still needs implementation commitments before 
advancing to the later Recommendation stages.


The WPWG's "work mode" is documented in [WorkMode]. The group will 
continue the use of existing Github repos and mail lists for all 
technical work (new spec repos will be created if/when needed). Github 
will be used for bug/issue tracking (although a small number of WebApps' 
specs will continue to use Bugzilla, at least for a while). The group 
will continue the use of existing IRC channels (f.ex. #webapps).


The WPWG has its own Github repo [Github] and the group will not use 
W3C's wiki. (Only a small number of WebApps' Editors actively use W3C 
wiki documents (primarily IDB v2 features, Pointer Lock v2 features, 
Gamepad v2 features, and D3E) and I will work with those Editors to move 
their relevant wiki information to their spec's repo.)


To formally participate in WPWG, please ask your AC rep to register you 
via [Register] and if you are a member of WebApps as an Invited Expert, 
you must submit a new IE application [IE].


If you have any questions, concerns, etc., please let us know.

-Thanks, @AFBarstow

[Charter] 
[WorkMode] 
[Github] 
[Register] 
[IE] 

Repos and specs Re: [admin] Web Platform WG is the new WebApps

[Chaals McCathie Nevile]

On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 18:48:31 +0200, Johannes Wilm  
 wrote:



Hey,
thanks for the info.

As I understand it, this has no practical impact on the editing  
taskforce and these are more suggestions for future task forces, right?


That is how I understand it too.

As for separate repositories: We have changed the number and names of  
the specs we need numerous times now. If we create and delete a  
repository every time we change the name or >the numbers and types of  
specs, it would have turned into a complete mess.


Yes. I think the point isn't that every document written needs a new repo,  
but that mixing two different things like Web Messaging and  
ContentEditable in the same repo is a bad idea.


Essentially we only have one single work item which is editing. We  
should now now be very far away from being very clear on the names of  
some of at least one the specs (the one >containing beforeEdit/Edit or  
beforeInput/Input), and once that happens, I would be all for moving it  
to it's own repository if we are clear that this these events will also  
be added to old >contentEditable elements, text areas, input fields,  
etc. .
We couldn't do that hitherto because as late as late August it was  
suggested we merge that spec with some of the other specs.


Yeah. We might work out how to split out editing into separate work items,  
but that isn't the highest priority work.


Note that we also haven't worked out properly what to do with HTML, which  
is clearly far too much stuff to have in one repo, beyond noting that "it  
is clearly too big to be a single work item"...


cheers

Chaals






On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Marcos Caceres  wrote:





On October 12, 2015 at 8:23:25 AM, Arthur Barstow  
(art.bars...@gmail.com) wrote:

Hi All,

On October 10, the consortium formerly started the Web Platform WG
[Charter] thus terminating WebApps.

My expectation is this change will have little to no impact on any work
started in WebApps. That said, please note the charter indicates
WebApps' less developed specs (f.ex. the Editing specs) need some
"incubation" before they may proceed on the Recommendation track.
However, that was effectively how WebApps operated so I don't see this
as a change - a spec still needs implementation commitments before
advancing to the later Recommendation stages.


For incubation, members are welcomed to bring their specs Web Incubator  
CG:

http://github.com/wicg

The WICG can help members get specs into shape and connect them with  
developers and other implementers. It's a fast, IPR friendly way, to  
get ideas road-tested before formal >>standardization.

The WPWG has its own Github repo [Github] and the group will not use

W3C's wiki. (Only a small number of WebApps' Editors actively use W3C
wiki documents (primarily IDB v2 features, Pointer Lock v2 features,
Gamepad v2 features, and D3E) and I will work with those Editors to  
move

their relevant wiki information to their spec's repo.)


Please please please (please!), don't use a single repository as a  
dumpling ground for spec - it makes it impossible for people to follow  
individual work items, file bugs, etc.. Please use >>separate  
repositories for each work item.


I would suggest maybe making your own organization on Github, and then  
managing your specs through that. Again, see:

http://github.com/wicg







--Johannes Wilm
Fidus Writer
http://www.fiduswriter.org




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