Re: Move TouchEvents spec tweaking to GitHub?

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Rick Byers <rbyers@chromium.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Rick Byers <rbyers@chromium.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 7:55 PM, Sangwhan Moon <smoon@opera.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Art's seem to be fine, so it's just Josh that needs to be fixed.
>>>
>>> Did Doug give us write access to the w3c repo? Don't recall seeing a
>>> update about that.
>>>
>>
>> We've just now gotten write access.  Thanks Art!
>>
>
> Friendly ping.  Sangwhan, anything else you need before pushing the
> repo?  I'm anxious to get to the point where folks can start submitting
> concrete PRs that we can discuss.
>

Apologies for the delay, I've been drowning in work. Check now.

I took the liberty of also rewriting the history for Art while I was at it;
but I don't know how I can get Github to not show those "oh hey you pushed
a branch, of course you want to merge it to master" buttons. (Note: Don't
press them.)



> On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, Rick Byers <rbyers@chromium.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Sangwhan,
>>>> Any update on this?  It looks like  josh.soref@nokia.com -> jsoref is
>>>> the only rewrite we need to do.  If you're doing a rewrite step anyway,
>>>> then perhaps we should also rewrite art.barstow@nokia.com -> AFBarstow
>>>> too.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>    Rick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Rick Byers <rbyers@chromium.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Sangwhan Moon <smoon@opera.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Rick Byers <rbyers@chromium.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [Apparently I had this message in my drafts for weeks - sorry!]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Rick Byers <rbyers@chromium.org>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Sangwhan Moon <smoon@opera.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 3:29 AM, Arthur Barstow <
>>>>>>>>> art.barstow@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [ + Philippe ]
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 12/13/14 11:58 AM, Rick Byers wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Should we move tweaks to the v1-errata and extensions note to
>>>>>>>>>>> GitHub?  I think that would be easier for collaboration than hg (easier to
>>>>>>>>>>> track changes, review PRs, and avoids people having to learn something new).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yes and agree (I've been meaning to suggest this).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'll ask W3C staff to create a new touch-events repo within <
>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/w3c/> :-).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Philippe - would you please create the <
>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/w3c/touch-events> rep for the Touch Events CG
>>>>>>>>>> or tell me how to go about getting that directory created? The TE CG wants
>>>>>>>>>> to use this new repo for Touch Events v1 errata (and possibly additional
>>>>>>>>>> work such as features for v.next).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  Art, if we decide to publish an official errata, would the
>>>>>>>>>>> detailed change history being in github make that much more difficult
>>>>>>>>>>> policy-wise?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No (i.e. not a problem).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> BTW, my understanding is that it is possible to copy all of the
>>>>>>>>>> hg history to Github so if that is the case, that should be done. Philippe
>>>>>>>>>> might be able to confirm that.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes, it is possible. I took the liberty and went ahead and did
>>>>>>>>> that so it can be pushed straight to the newly created repository.
>>>>>>>>> Alternatively, any W3C admin can just fork that repository, and I'll nuke
>>>>>>>>> my local afterwards which will make that the authoritative repo.
>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/cynthia/touch-events
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One problem I see is that certain commits do not associate
>>>>>>>>> correctly with the author's Github account - namely these people (in
>>>>>>>>> alphabetical order)
>>>>>>>>> Arthur Barstow
>>>>>>>>> hiro
>>>>>>>>> Josh Soref (a.k.a. timeless)
>>>>>>>>> Rick Byers
>>>>>>>>> Scott Graham
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks Sangwhan.  I've added my google.com address to my GitHub
>>>>>>>> account.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I can fix this with the awesome (*cough* evil *cough*)
>>>>>>>>> filter-branch command and correct the authors for those who prefer that,
>>>>>>>>> alternatively the affected people can also add the mail address used for
>>>>>>>>> the commit message to Github. But please let me do that before anyone
>>>>>>>>> starts cloning the repository, since pushing/pulling after a history
>>>>>>>>> rewrite can cause a decent amount of arcane behavior for those who haven't
>>>>>>>>> dealt with a repository that has been touched by the evil forces.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Sangwhan*, Doug created an empty (uninitialized) repo for us here:
>>>>>>> https://github.com/w3c/touch-events.  Once you're happy with them,
>>>>>>> are you able to push all your migrated commits there?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Absolutely. I just need to know which parts of the history I should
>>>>>> rewrite to make sure the authors associate correctly. Alternatively we can
>>>>>> just push it forward and hope nobody complains.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Perhaps we should at least try to fix Art's commits?  *Art*, are you
>>>>> able to add your "art.barstow@nokia.com" address to your GitHub
>>>>> account to fix this?  Or should we look at rewriting history instead?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've sent an e-mail to Scott and Josh to ask about theirs (and cc'd
>>>>> you).  If we don't hear back from them soon then I'd suggest we just go
>>>>> ahead.  hiro's committs appear to be only initial repo test commits so I
>>>>> think it's fine to ignore them.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Doug, *can the CG (or at least specific individuals that ask) get
>>>>>>> write access to that repo?  Or do we need to work on a clone and submit
>>>>>>> PRs?  If you need to list CG folks by hand, then the relevant GitHub
>>>>>>> accounts I know off off the top of my head are:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> jacobrossi
>>>>>>> cynthia (Sangwhan)
>>>>>>> mbrubeck
>>>>>>> scottgonzalez
>>>>>>> AFBarstow
>>>>>>> RByers
>>>>>>> mustaqahmed (Mustaq on my team will be helping with the spec)
>>>>>>> tdresser (Tim on my team may also help)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Thanks,
>>>>>>>    Rick
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Sangwhan Moon [Opera Software ASA]
>>>>>>>>> Software Engineer | Tokyo, Japan
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Sangwhan Moon [Opera Software ASA]
>>>>>> Software Engineer | Tokyo, Japan
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sangwhan Moon [Opera Software ASA]
>>> Software Engineer | Tokyo, Japan
>>>
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Sangwhan Moon [Opera Software ASA]
Software Engineer | Tokyo, Japan

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