Re: Call for WebGPU / WGSL spec editors

Google nominates Myles Maxfield as a WebGPU editor, on the basis of his
strong technical understanding of WebGPU (and its history/evolution), his
active participation in the editorial meeting, and his countless
contributions to the design and developer experience in both
standardization and editorial discussions.

-Kai (he/they)


On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 2:09 PM David Neto <dneto@google.com> wrote:

> I support Oguz' nomination as WGSL editor.
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> Oguz has made many substantive contributions to the discussion, the WGSL
> spec itself, and associated tooling used in continuous bots.
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> cheers
> david
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> On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 1:21 PM Myles Maxfield <mmaxfield@apple.com> wrote:
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>> Can Oguz replace me as a WGSL editor? I haven’t made almost any WGSL
>> edits, and he has made many.
>>
>> On Jul 8, 2022, at 7:53 AM, Mehmet Oguz Derin <
>> mehmetoguzderin@mehmetoguzderin.com> wrote:
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>> I want to nominate myself as an editor for the WGSL specification. While
>> approaching 1.0 and beyond, I would like to provide improvements and
>> continuing maintenance (including the infrastructure for previews and
>> checks). I am familiar with the spec workflow and tooling (not only
>> WGSL-isolated but also ones that need text change in WebGPU spec, such as
>> Unicode), as demonstrable by the number of lines and the number of commits
>> as a contributor.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Oguz (Mehmet Oguz Derin)
>>
>> On 8 Jul 2022 Fri at 21:50 Corentin Wallez <cwallez@google.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey everyone,
>>>
>>> This actually is two calls for editors, one for the WebGPU specification
>>> <https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb/>, and one for the WGSL specification
>>> <https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb/wgsl/>. There has been quite some time
>>> since the last call for editors in 2019
>>> <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/internal-gpu/2019Jun/0002.html> and
>>> since then Dzmitry Malyshau stepped down from editorship of the WebGPU
>>> spec. Both specifications are getting feature-complete enough to start
>>> progressing on the recommandation track, but from an editorial perspective
>>> we can see they have been growing organically. So the group is looking for
>>> editors whose responsibility would be to:
>>>
>>>    - Incorporate update to the specifications approved by the group.
>>>    - Maintain the editorial and technical quality of the specification.
>>>    - Manage the publishing of the specification for official approval
>>>    by the working group by the working group.
>>>    - Maintain the relevant gpuweb repos.
>>>
>>> *CALL FOR NOMINATIONS*
>>> We are seeking nominations for spec editor(s) due in four weeks (it's
>>> summer vacation for some folks) so before 2022-08-05. To nominate someone,
>>> including yourself please answer this thread.
>>>
>>> The assumption is that existing editors would stay in their role unless
>>> they wish to step down or move roles (between the specs). Current editors
>>> are:
>>>
>>>    - Kai Ninomiya and Brandon Jones for WebGPU
>>>    - David Neto and Myles C. Maxfield for WGSL
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Corentin
>>>
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