- From: Nikunj Mehta <nikunj@o-micron.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:48:46 -0700
- To: Andrei Popescu <andreip@google.com>
- Cc: Jeremy Orlow <jorlow@chromium.org>, public-webapps WG <public-webapps@w3.org>, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
On Jun 7, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Nikunj Mehta <nikunj@o-micron.com> wrote: >> >> On Jun 7, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Jeremy Orlow wrote: >>> >>> 3. Editors: Nikunj Mehta (Invited Expert), Eliot Graf (Microsoft) >>> 4. Spec document management: Currently W3C CVS, also using W3C's >>> Distributed CVS (Mercurial) system >> >> The current spec is really far out of date at this point. There are 15 >> issues logged, but I could easily log another 15 (if I thought that'd help >> get things resolved more quickly). >> I know Eliot is helping out with copy editing, but it's going to take a lot >> of time to get the spec to where it needs to be. Andrei P (of GeoLocation >> spec fame) has been working on implementing IndexedDB in Chrome for a couple >> weeks now and has volunteered to start updating the spec right away. He >> already has CVS access. Is there any reason for him not to start working >> through the bug list? >> >> As Eliot is working on non-design issues, it is easier to coordinate with >> him. Moreover, I am not totally sure how the DCVS system we have started to >> use just now is going to work out. Give us another week or so to sort out >> initial hiccups and at that point we could use more editorial help. >> Multiple people changing the spec's technical basis makes it necessary to >> create a more sophisticated process. I am happy to add Andrei as an editor >> provided I can understand the editing process and how we get new editor's >> drafts out without necessarily being out of sync with each other. >> Andrei -- would you be able to describe how you would co-ordinate the >> editing with me? > > I only plan to make changes once we have consensus on the mailing > list. It's probably easiest to use the issue tracker to distribute the > existing bugs among the three editors. If we find that over time the > distribution becomes unbalanced, we can discuss offline about how to > improve the collaboration, but I don't think that is a big worry at > this point. I welcome the proposal to add Andrei as co-editor of the spec along side Eliot and myself. We will use the DVCS repository for IndexedDB that can be found at https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/IndexedDB.
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