Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:05:01 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] XML migration and opening of projects/ Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206231602100.87600@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4FE368F6.4030805@FreeBSD.org> References: <4FE368F6.4030805@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2012, Gabor Kovesdan wrote: > the migration to SVN and the related reorganization seem to have gone > seamlessly. However, the planned doc infrastructure improvements are not > finished yet. The next item on our TODO list is the long overdue XML > migration. Now we have a proper VCS system that supports renames and > moves in the tree so we can follow up with bigger reorganizations. > (Side note: do not be afraid of the changes, authoring will not be more > complicated at all.) > > This XML migration is quite a complex reorganization and as such, it > cannot be done on the mainline of doc development so we decided to do it > in a separate branch. Also, this project will be the first > experiment on branching and merging back changes to head. To open > projects/ for the public we have to carefully evaluate the potential > scenarios of merging and choose that one that best suites our > development model. We at doceng will work out a draft about using > projects/ and merging changes back to head. We will post this to doc@ > and once the policies and best practices are established, finally > projects/ will be open for the big public. > > You can expect to see our draft policies in 2-3 weeks, so projects/ may > be open around mid-July. How automated is the conversion? Put another way: should we delay major whitespace or content commits to existing SGML documents?
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