On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Rintze Zelle <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Bruce D'Arcus <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Another issue we need feedback on (though I think Rintze might explain >> a bit more the rationale): >> >> <https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/issues/53> >> >> My argument is for these sorts of changes, we really need to get >> consensus from the entire implementer community. > > So basically the question is how we want to organize the process of > designing new CSL features and making modifications to the language. > > One of the drawbacks of the existing CSL development workflow is that it's > rather scattered. There is the xbiblio mailing list at SourceForge, several > active repos at GitHub (and inactive archive repos at SourceForge and > Bitbucket), the Zotero forums and the zotero-dev mailing list. > > I know that Bruce and Frank follow mostly everything, but it's a lot to keep > up with for outsiders. I was thinking that maybe I should be a bit more > aggressive with committing changes, prepare a changelog before a planned > release (we would need one anyway to document the changes for CSL style > authors and implementors), announce plans for release and have a few weeks > for reflection, and, after polishing things up based on feedback and > dropping problematic proposals, make a release. > > Alternatively we could use our original approach of vetting issues > one-at-a-time. But this has proven to be rather slow as it's difficult to > keep everybody's attention to prolonged periods of time. > > Rintze
So the idea is to have a more forward-leaning policy on commits? That seems a good idea. We're getting to a stage where changes are often inter-related, and it can be cumbersome to discuss proposals in isolation. Pre-release vetting would provide an opportunity for focused review. Frank > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image > Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > xbiblio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbiblio-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ xbiblio-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbiblio-devel
