[LSC] Call for votes: standard Unofficial directory

[Travis Cobbs]

No matter how the vote goes, I actually think it's good that we finally have
an issue that not all of us can agree on.  It validates the whole committee
idea.

--Travis

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

>

> I vote No. See the thread for my reasons.

>

> Travis Cobbs wrote:

> > I'm going on the assumption that the other members of this committee

> > have followed the LUGNET thread about standardizing an Unofficial

> > directory starting here:

> >

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

> >

> > If you haven't followed that thread, you should probably read the

> > sub-tree of the thread linked above, and I apologize for prematurely

> > placing a call for votes.  Feel free to chime in here with discussion,

> > and I'll postpone this call for votes.

> >

> > --- Start of Proposal ---

> >

> > A directory named Unofficial in the user's LDraw directory shall be the

> > standard location for programs to look for (and optionally download to)

> > unofficial parts.  The Unofficial directory will have parts and p

> > sub-directories, and these will mirror the structure of the standard

> > parts and p directories.

> >

> > --- End of Proposal ---

> >

> > It should be noted that Unofficial does not follow the 8.3 naming

> > convention that up until now has been used for all officially sanctioned

> > LDraw files and directories.  It is my opinion (and this seems to be

> > shared by the people posting to the thread above) that this is not a

> > problem, since any program supporting this directory will be a current

> > program and as such won't have any problem dealing with long filenames.

> >

> > If we do ratify this, I'm not entirely sure where to put it.  I couldn't

> > find any existing documents on ldraw.org <http://ldraw.org> that seemed

> > appropriate.  I suppose we could create a small document and add it to

> > the specifications page.

> >

> > --Travis

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