[LSC] Standard Unofficial directory?

[Travis Cobbs]

Nope.  Based on the lugnet posts, I think that Ross feels more strongly that
it shouldn't be made a standard than I personally feel that it should be
made a standard.  As such, I'm hesitant myself to put it to a vote.  I know
how I'd vote (for standardizing it), but I'm not 100% it's something I
should bring up, given my own bias on the issue.

--Travis

On 3/5/07, ldraw at holly-wood.it <ldraw at holly-wood.it> wrote:

>

> any progress here? please consider ruling also on

> longfilenames http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/mac/?n=771 when

> carring this.

>

> w.

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> Da : Ross Crawford <ross.crawford at gmail.com>

> A : LDraw Standards Committee <lsc at ldraw.org>

> Oggetto : [LSC] Standard Unofficial directory?

> Data : Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:35:12 +1100

>

> > See http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/mac/?n=768

> >

> > LDview and Bricksmith (and possibly others?) now have the

> > ability to  download directly any unofficial parts needed

> > for a model. Currently  there is no standard for where

> > programs should put these files to keep  them separate

> > from the "official" parts tree. There is no definite need

> > for a separate directory, as programs can use the header

> > to determine  whether or not a part is official. But I can

> > see the advantages of  defining a standard directory, so

> > all unofficial parts are kept  separate, and programs all

> > download unofficial files to the same place.

> >

> > One problem that arises is the old unofficial parts end up

> > accumulating  in the unofficial directory after they

> > become official. Garbage  collection should probably be up

> > to the individual programs though. As  long as the

> > official tree is searched first, it shouldn't present a

> > problem for models.

> >

> > Anyone have any thoughts?

> >

> > ROSCO

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