Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes to date format of current GLEPs (was: GLEP 42 (Critical News Reporting) round five)

2005-12-13 Thread Francesco Riosa
Olivier Crete wrote: > On Tue, 2005-13-12 at 21:09 +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >> On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:45 -0500 Olivier Crete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> | Why not just modify GlEP 1 ? >> >> Going back and retroactively modifying standards is icky, and it >> *still* doesn't address the

Re[2]: [gentoo-dev] Changes to date format of current GLEPs (was: GLEP 42 (Critical News Reporting) round five)

2005-12-13 Thread Jakub Moc
14.12.2005, 0:05:03, Olivier Crete wrote: > And why not just adding a changelog to the glep explaining the changes? > I really don't like to idea of having to read 8 gleps to find out how to > write a glep ... and calling it glep 1.a is a good idea.. or 1.1 +1 -- jakub pgpLbeynqVjnu.pgp Des

Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes to date format of current GLEPs (was: GLEP 42 (Critical News Reporting) round five)

2005-12-13 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 06:05:03PM -0500, Olivier Crete wrote: > And why not just adding a changelog to the glep explaining the changes? > I really don't like to idea of having to read 8 gleps to find out how to > write a glep ... and calling it glep 1.a is a good idea.. or 1.1 GLEP 45, "GLEP date

Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes to date format of current GLEPs (was: GLEP 42 (Critical News Reporting) round five)

2005-12-13 Thread Olivier Crete
On Tue, 2005-13-12 at 21:09 +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:45 -0500 Olivier Crete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | Why not just modify GlEP 1 ? > > Going back and retroactively modifying standards is icky, and it > *still* doesn't address the issue of documenting why the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes to date format of current GLEPs (was: GLEP 42 (Critical News Reporting) round five)

2005-12-13 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:45 -0500 Olivier Crete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Why not just modify GlEP 1 ? Going back and retroactively modifying standards is icky, and it *still* doesn't address the issue of documenting why the change was made. You know, a GLEP could have been written and posted

Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes to date format of current GLEPs (was: GLEP 42 (Critical News Reporting) round five)

2005-12-13 Thread Grant Goodyear
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: [Tue Dec 13 2005, 02:43:42PM CST] > I object. You're changing the GLEP process, and the way that that's > done is through another GLEP. Otherwise we'll end up with people > writing GLEPs following GLEP 1, and not realising that GLEP 1 is no > longer how things work. > > Doin

Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes to date format of current GLEPs

2005-12-13 Thread Danny van Dyk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ciaran, Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: | | Anyone objecting to change those dates from "dd-mon-" format to | | "-mm-dd"? | | I object. You're changing the GLEP process, and the way that that's | done is through another GLEP. Otherwise we'll end

Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes to date format of current GLEPs (was: GLEP 42 (Critical News Reporting) round five)

2005-12-13 Thread Olivier Crete
On Tue, 2005-13-12 at 20:43 +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:35:44 +0100 Danny van Dyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | I don't think that we need a GLEP for it, no matter how 'mini' it > | would be.. Just asked Grant if I can convert dates in current GLEPs, > | and he's ok wi

Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes to date format of current GLEPs (was: GLEP 42 (Critical News Reporting) round five)

2005-12-13 Thread Grant Goodyear
Danny van Dyk wrote: [Tue Dec 13 2005, 02:35:44PM CST] > | I'll accept that change if you get Grant to accept a mini-GLEP > | switching the GLEPs over to use that format too. > > I don't think that we need a GLEP for it, no matter how 'mini' it > would be.. Just asked Grant if I can convert dates

Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes to date format of current GLEPs (was: GLEP 42 (Critical News Reporting) round five)

2005-12-13 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:35:44 +0100 Danny van Dyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I don't think that we need a GLEP for it, no matter how 'mini' it | would be.. Just asked Grant if I can convert dates in current GLEPs, | and he's ok with, though he wanted to have input from -dev first, so: | | Anyone

[gentoo-dev] Changes to date format of current GLEPs (was: GLEP 42 (Critical News Reporting) round five)

2005-12-13 Thread Danny van Dyk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: | | Proposed change: | | | | ``Posted:`` | | Date of posting, in ``-mm-dd`` format (e.g. 2001-08-14) for | | compatibility with ISO-8601. UTC time in ``T19:53:46+`` | | format may also be included (`date --i