MnM Minutes WGM 200901

Sunday Q3

Agenda

• Agenda Topics Review
• Hot Topics Triage

Minutes

See updated agenda.

Sunday Q4

Agenda

• Tooling Discussion

Minutes

• SVN and Publishing
  • Directories
  • Branches and tags for ballots and normative edition
    • Tag - a "badge" applied to each member of a set of files saying those files belong to a set identified by the tag. Implemented in SVN as a "tag folder" with a set of pointers to the content. Seen as a "folder" under "tags" (sibling to "trunk") one folder/per assigned tag
      • Branch is defined "at a particular version" and is a new set of files and changes that may differ from the trunk.
    • Proposal
      • Use tags to identify each ballot.
        • Applied at the end of the ballot cycle (1 week before close).
        • Include a domain "manifest" for each domain.
      • Use branch to hold each Normative Edition, with NO INTENT to merge later.
    • Observation -- be CONSERVATIVE and only version that which
      • (a) is needed for publishing, and
      • (b) needs version management

Monday Q1

Agenda

• Business Meeting (SWOT, DMPs, etc.)

Monday Q2

Agenda

• RIM and Core Principles ballot reconcilliation
• Proposed re-org of document from technical editors