[tei-council] Release date?

Martin Holmes mholmes at uvic.ca
Wed Jan 16 16:36:26 EST 2013


On 13-01-16 12:53 PM, James Cummings wrote:
>
> I agree with Sebastian that we should do it (because the early
> explanation is misleading). I agree with Lou that it should be
> where it is currently proposed. (And once there, I think it is
> less problematic to move, split, or re-organise it in a
> subsequent review... but yes, of course, nice to get it right
> first time.)
> Also, I should point out that the freeze of last night is
> intended for *schema-affecting* changes. Changing of prose,
> correcting typos, etc. are allowed (if important) up until Hugh
> announces a release freeze as part of the steps of making a
> release tomorrow.

Ooo. Slippery slope. I predict dozens of last-minute tweaks kicking off 
cascades of rebuilds that eat up half the release day...


>
> -James
>
>
> On 16/01/13 20:44, Lou Burnard wrote:
>> On 16/01/13 20:17, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16 Jan 2013, at 19:02, "Kevin Hawkins" <kevin.s.hawkins at ultraslavonic.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think it works as its own section but perhaps is in the wrong place in
>>>> the Guidelines.  What if it were inserted as a new section 3.3, between
>>>> the current 3.2 and 3.3?
>>>>
>>> Better. Needs some change to wording in section on "other global attributes" too maybe?
>>>
>>
>> Sorry, I disagree, though I do think we need a reference to (and
>> possibly some dioscuassion of) the issue in the current 3.2, on punctuation.
>>
>> Its current proposed location makes sense : it's in a section where we
>> discuss the global attributes, one of which is xml:space.  I would
>> suggest splitting "Other global attributes" into two distinct sections,
>> one on xml:base, one on xml:space and losing, or duplicating the current
>> initial sentence about xml: namespaced attributes.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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Martin Holmes
University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre
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