[LSC] Proposal to change the LDraw "~Moved to" file - CARRIED

[William Howard]

By a vote of five votes for and zero against, this proposal is carried

-----Original Message-----
From: lsc-bounces at ldraw.org [mailto:lsc-bounces at ldraw.org] On Behalf Of
William Howard
Sent: 29 September 2006 20:02
To: 'LDraw Standards Committee'
Subject: [LSC] Proposal to change the LDraw "~Moved to" file to conform
tothe agreed header format


Background:

The current format of the "~Moved to" files is as follows

0 ~Moved to {new_number}
0 WRITE Part {old_number} moved to {new_number}
0 BFC CERTIFY CCW
1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 {new_number}.dat

(where {new_number} and {old_number} are LDraw part numbers)

This header does not conform to the agreed standard.  It is therefore
proposed (see below) to change the file format to conform.

Chris Dee in his role as PT Admin has expressed that the proposed format is
OK for the PT needs

There is a possible issue with any programs that use the removed "WRITE"
line to update parts (a quick test shows this is not a problem for MLCad
which uses the "~Moved to" line.)

I would like to see the PT GUI submission page include a check such that PT
Authors cannot submit a "~Moved to" file.  However, I see this as an PT
operational request and not the remit of the LSC to enforce


------------Beginning of proposal----------

Proposed is change the LDraw "~Moved to" files to conform to the agreed
header format, using the special username of [PTadmin]

The new format of the "~Moved to" files will be

0 ~Moved to {new_number}
0 Name: {old_number}.dat
0 Author: [PTadmin]
0 !LDRAW_ORG {Part, Subpart, etc as appropriate} UPDATE YYYY-RR
0 !LICENSE Redistributable under CCAL version 2.0 : see CAreadme.txt

0 BFC CERTIFY CCW

0 !HISTORY {date} [PTAdmin] {any necessary comment(s)}

0 // {part_description}
1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 {new_number}.dat
0


For example, 

0 ~Moved to 3842a
0 Name: 193a.dat
0 Author: [PTadmin]
0 !LDRAW_ORG Part UPDATE 2006-01
0 !LICENSE Redistributable under CCAL version 2.0 : see CAreadme.txt

0 BFC CERTIFY CCW

0 !HISTORY 2006-12-31 [PTadmin] Official update 2006-01

0 // Minifig Helmet Classic with Thin Chin Guard
1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3842a.dat
0

---------------End of proposal--------------


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