[LSC] Rejected: standard Unofficial directory

[Travis Cobbs]

I updated the ldraw.org Standards Comittee page here:

http://www.ldraw.org/article/399

I don't know if we want this recorded there or not.  The introductory text
originally said "agreed on".  I changed it to "voted on" in order to allow
publication of our rejected proposals as well as our accepted ones.

If anyone thinks that we should only report positive progress there, I don't
really have a strong opinion either way.  Feel free to remove the latest
entry, reword it back to "agreed on", and fix the "Last updated" text.

--Travis

On 3/7/07, Travis Cobbs <tcobbs at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> Guy, you can vote or simply express your opinion on the issue if you want,

> but since we now have 3 no votes, I'm calling this one rejected.

>

> --Travis

>

> On 3/7/07, Lars C. Hassing <lars at hassings.dk> wrote:

> >

> > Travis Cobbs wrote:

> > > --- 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 ---

> >

> > I vote NO.

> >

> > Most users will have a hard time understanding why

> > only some programs can find the parts they are using in their model.

> >

> > It may be nice to keep unofficial parts in a separate directory

> > but you get the same functionality if you put them into PARTS.

> > And when officially released they will be overwritten by the official

> > files.

> >

> > Newer programs can read the headers of the parts and present them to the

> > users

> > in a virtual Unofficial folder even though they physically came from

> > PARTS.

> > /Lars

> >

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