[LSC] Suggestion: take history out of part files

[Ross Crawford]

Steve Bliss wrote:
> 
> The one thing I am most concerned about is "change log bloat".  The new 
> format specifies changes to the history lines that makes them longer, 
> and also proposes generating more of them.  I don't imagine most of 
> these lines are of interest to anyone but us parts authors.
> 
> I propose we change the way we track this information.  Instead of 
> storing it in the individual files, we should compile it on the 
> "ldraw.org server", and make it available for viewing both by 
> human-friendly webpages and program-friendly URLs.

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> So, anyway, does this idea sound like it's even worth discussing?  Or is 
> it so outlandish, it should be dropped immediately?

Certainly not outlandish, and I like the idea of using proper source 
control, it will also probably streamline official releases a bit 
(although I have no idea how streamlined they already are...), but it 
will be a fair bit of work for someone.

I think it's certainly something to be considered, but it may also take 
quite some time, and the delay moving to the CA licence has already been 
quite considerable. Maybe we should put it on the back-burner for later on?

ROSCO