Re: WG-NOTE and Previous Version

On Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Ian Jacobs wrote:

> 
> On Feb 15, 2014, at 6:06 AM, Robin Berjon <robin@w3.org (mailto:robin@w3.org)> wrote:
> 
> > On 13/02/2014 14:47 , Ian Jacobs wrote:
> > > A Working Group Note does not need to have been previously published
> > > as a Working Draft.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Right, but does that not make it a FPWG-NOTE?
> 
> 
> Hi Robin,
> 
> This may or may not help:
> 
> * I thought the original question was "Do you need to publish a WD before you publish a NOTE?" In state transition terms, no.
> * It may be that there are mechanisms in place to help the publishing process. Like a clear label to distinguish the first NOTE
> from other ones. For example, if we are looking for the previous version link, it's nice to say to the checker "There isn't one, this
> is the first time this NOTE has been published." 
> 
> I see you using these labels:
> 
> FPWG-NOTE means "first in the series"
> NOTE means "any one after the first"


Given the above, I've fixed the bug in ReSpec that any "*-NOTE" requires a previous published document. This includes notes of class GG, IG, FPWD (!), and just "NOTE". 

PR is here - appreciate review:
https://github.com/darobin/respec/pull/296 

Hopefully this will put an end to the madness :)

Received on Thursday, 27 February 2014 17:00:16 UTC