[LSC] Standard Unofficial directory?

[Travis Cobbs]

According to the bylaws, each standards committee gets to agree upon its own
rules for voting.  If I remember correctly, we agreed that simple majority
carries the vote, and abstentions count as NO votes.

--Travis

On 3/6/07, Ross Crawford <ross.crawford at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> Well I don't really think that's a big problem. Worst case scenario we

> get a 3-2 vote, which we'd then have to decide if it's enough to

> implement, if we get 4-1 for making it a standard, I'm happy to go with

> the obvious concensus.

>

> Is their any written rules for the LSC votes? If it's simple majority,

> then 3-2 is obviously enough too.

>

> ROSCO

>

> Travis Cobbs wrote:

> > 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 <mailto:ldraw at holly-wood.it>*

> > <ldraw at holly-wood.it <mailto: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

> >     <mailto:ross.crawford at gmail.com>>

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

> >     <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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