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

[LDraw]

dear lsc, 

again, many thx for your work and a special thx to the leader. I'll add it 
as Appendix II to the header document. 

bye, w. 

 


William Howard writes: 

> I can't see any need to announce this before the first library release
> containing the new format "~Moved to" files. 
> 
> But I could be wrong :-) 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lsc-bounces at ldraw.org [mailto:lsc-bounces at ldraw.org] On Behalf Of
> William Howard
> Sent: 02 October 2006 14:30
> To: 'LDraw Standards Committee'
> Subject: RE: [LSC] Proposal to change the LDraw "~Moved to" file - CARRIED 
> 
> 
> 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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