Re: Putting version control changelog links in spec

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:44 PM, L. David Baron <dbaron@dbaron.org> wrote:
> One piece of feedback I got, in
> https://twitter.com/SimeVidas/status/301524101674192897 , was that
> it was great to see a ChangeLog in a spec.  (This is linked from a
> well-hidden part of
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-css3-transitions-20130212/#status but
> was also more prominent in
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2013Feb/0330.html .
>
> (Amusingly enough, I actually realized I should update it before
> publishing; typically only the Apple folks update the ChangeLog
> file; I'd much rather not have a ChangeLog file since they just
> duplicate what's in the version control system and increase the
> chance of getting it wrong.)
>
>
> I think that we should perhaps make it a practice to link from the
> spec to its history in version control.  In other words, we could
> link from the transitions spec to either:
> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/csswg/log/tip/css3-transitions/Overview.src.html
> or to the revision-specific version of it.  We could do this in a
> parenthetical after the Editor's draft link in the header, or
> further down (in the status of this document section, or in a
> changes section).
>
> Thoughts?

I'm fine with it as long as it doesn't take up too much space.  I
think a new <dt> would be too much, but after the ED link sounds fine.

~TJ

Received on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 22:06:31 UTC