Re: Merging git history for jws-2020

> On 19 Jul 2022, at 16:30, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
> 
> On 7/19/22 10:13 AM, Orie Steele wrote:
>> I just need permission from the group to proceed, I assume we want to preserve
>> the history of the suite and the contributors who helped move it along prior
>> to the vc wg.
> 
> Hold up, Mike and Orie are right, the history here is important and there's an
> easier way to do this -- just transfer the CCG repo and rename it once it's
> transferred.
> 
> HOWEVER, we need to follow W3C process before doing that.
> 
> We have CCG input documents w/ history, PRs, and issues intact, let's not
> break all of that by only merging the histories.
> 

To be fair: the history of vc-jws-2020 is almost empty, apart from some admin changes made by me. Hardly worth any consideration.


> The right order of operations here, IMHO, is to not create new repos in the
> WG, but to transfer the existing repos from CCG.
> 

Well… I have just created the vc-jws-2020 repository. Do you want to remove that one then in favour of a transferred repository? Or do you want to run them in parallel?

We probably should have discussed this before I was asked to create a new repo, but that is, ehem, history:-). For now, I would prefer to do a merge through some git magic (and be careful next time…).


> I'll also note that we need to do the FCGS release process to move those items
> over from CCG to VCWG:

+1.

> 
> https://www.w3.org/community/about/process/final/
> 
> To do that, we need two things:
> 
> 1. A resolution from the VCWG to pull in the CCG
>   documents, and
> 2. A FCGS release from the CCG for the specifications.
> 
> There's a process here designed to ensure that the IP agreements follow the
> contributions to date, let's follow it. Not doing so exposes the WG to a
> variety of IP issues that the W3C Process is there to protect against.

I agree that we have to be careful about IP.

Ivan

> 
> MikeP, let's raise this as an agenda item for the CCG call today. We need to
> get this ball moving for all CCG documents.
> 
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