- From: Eric Eggert <ee@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:49:03 +0100
- To: "Shadi Abou-Zahra" <shadi@w3.org>
- Cc: "EO Planning" <public-eo-plan@w3.org>
On 5 Mar 2018, at 9:12, Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote: > On 05/03/2018 09:04, Eric Eggert wrote: >> >> >> On 5 Mar 2018, at 8:59, Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote: >> >>> Hi Eric, all, >>> >>> I was specifically asking about the scripts and props that EOWG >>> spent many hours on, to eventually get to the videos. These were >>> neither in the default branch nor visible on github.io so that links >>> to these in various minutes and wiki pages are now broken. It is >>> also hard to know that these resources exist, but are hidden in a >>> different branch. >> >> As described in my email below, I changed the default branch and >> reverted the changes. The scripts are where you expect them. >> >>> For example, should we ever want to add new videos or update >>> existing ones. >>> >>> I don't know the redesign technicalities and why we may or may not >>> need different branches and new respositories -- all fine by me. I >>> just ask that valuable knowledge assets, like these scripts, not be >>> removed. >> >> Which is what I made sure. >> >>> I don't know how this applies to other repositories too. >> >> I don't as well, > > I think someone should know. Resource Managers should know. And you did. And I reversed the changes. >> but I am not aware of any non-deliveries material lingering around in >> repositories. > > What you define as "deliveries material" seems very limited to what > the public consumes. These repositories serve more than that purpose > alone. I was not aware of this. As stated previously. >> As outlined in my email below, I encourage everyone to use the wikis >> (or for staff: date spaces or random directories on the W3C server) >> for things that should not be on the WAI website (the scripts are >> not) but still have relevancy. > > I will not go back to archive the entire thread of work, including the > commit versions and issues. Nobody suggested this. > This is why we used GitHub for development in the first place. Please > do not break links and existing processes. I have reversed the changes. I unbroke the links. You can use processes as you want. But I am trying to get the redesign done and that means that I have to port a lot of content that resource managers did not. >> Again, I apologize for not clearly communicating this before. > > No need for any apologies -- I know you are all working under extreme > schedules to get this redesign. And hey, shouldn't you be off today?! Yes, I am supposed to work on other stuff, but it was important to me to reverse the mistake. Eric > > Best, > Shadi > > >> Eric >> >>> >>> Best, >>> Shadi >>> >>> >>> On 05/03/2018 08:34, Eric Eggert wrote: >>>> Shadi made me aware yesterday that the scripts for the videos were >>>> situated at the GitHub.io preview URL. When I made the change to >>>> allow for preview of the /new design/, those scripts were not >>>> available anymore as they did not belong to the deliverable that >>>> has been ported. >>>> >>>> Shadi was unaware that not everything in the preview would be >>>> ported over and I wasn’t aware that there is content other than >>>> the actual deliverable in this repository. >>>> >>>> As we can’t have our cake and eat it, too, meaning there is >>>> always only one preview of an repository, I created a new >>>> repository for the perspective videos, called >>>> https://github.com/w3c/wai-perspective-videos >>>> >>>> I have moved some issues over there, too. I’ll try to update >>>> documentation as I come across it. >>>> >>>> I have reverted the old >>>> https://github.com/w3c/wai-showcase-examples to its state before >>>> the change. >>>> >>>> /Reminder/ that content on GitHub.io preview URLs is supposed to >>>> change. If you need content to refer back to later that is not part >>>> of the actual resource/deliverable, best use the EO wiki or wikis >>>> on GitHub. >>>> >>>> I apologize for not clearly communicating that before. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Eric >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Eric Eggert >>>> Web Accessibility Specialist >>>> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at World Wide Web Consortium >>>> (W3C) >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ >>> Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist >>> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) >>> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Eric Eggert >> Web Accessibility Specialist >> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) >> > > -- > Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ > Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist > Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) -- Eric Eggert Web Accessibility Specialist Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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