[LSC] Proposed changes to the LDraw "~Moved to" files header

[William Howard]

I don't have a problem with this format per-se

The issue I see (and I'm not sure if its a good or bad thing), is that the
special "~moved to" files would now be able to be uploaded to the tracker by
anyone.

At the moment, it is not possible to upload a "~moved to" file as it does
not conform to the header so is rejected.  This is good, in that you can't
create "~moved to" files on a whim, but this is also bad as you can't
correct broken "~moved to" files (and there are currently two on the
tracker)

If this header change is approved, would there be some mechanism/check put
into the tracker to ensure "~moved to" files can only be uploaded by the
system/admins?

W

-----Original Message-----
From: lsc-bounces at ldraw.org [mailto:lsc-bounces at ldraw.org] On Behalf Of
LDraw
Sent: 11 September 2006 10:58
To: LSC at ldraw.org
Subject: [LSC] Proposed changes to the LDraw "~Moved to" files header


dear lsc, 

I hope you had a terrific weekend and you are now full of beans to carry on 
with the leftovers from the header proposal, but let me first say "thank 
you" for getting things done so quickly. 

w. 


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

Proposed is to add full headers to the ~Moved to files and other admin 
generated files with a special name / username, probably "PTadmin". 

This would change the current structure: 

0 ~Moved to 3842a
0 WRITE Part 193a moved to 3842a
0 BFC CERTIFY CCW
1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3842a.dat 


to: 

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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