Re: [SVG1.1F2 LC] Appendix Q: Several minor suggestions

> Hello Helder,

Hi Chris,


> You may have missed this message from November. We are in process of clearing out the old changes appendix and listing the changes made since the last publication, as required by W3C process and patent policy.

Sorry, actually I am "losing packets" since a while ago. I didn't miss
the message but the original reply was rotting in my "Drafts", waiting
for me to finish it. Too much stuff going on (which is generally good,
unless one breaks down to madness during the process!). :-D


> We are also open to adding an 'all changes since First Edition' appendix, as you suggested, if you are willing to help.

I wish I had the time and energy but likely not in the the next few
months (this year got promoted to workaholic-student again)... ;-)


> Either way, please respond to this message to let us know if our resolution of your comment is acceptable to you.

Again, sorry for the delay. The original draft, slightly edited (read
"finished"), follows.


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Context seems to have been lost, so I though like it was a good idea
to leave a link to the original thread [1] and to the recent reminder
about it [2]. :-)


> Hello www-svg,

Hi everyone,


> Helder Magalhães <helder.magalhaes@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Although the "Changes" appendix is not normative, [...]
[...]
> Having said which, a non-normative summary of all the changes between
> SVG 1.1 First and Second editions is certainly very helpful, for
> someone familiar with the first edition; a diff is easy to generate
> but tends to trip up over minor changes to markup or even line
> breaking or rearrangement of paragraphs.

Yeah, I also though like it would be pretty useful, reason why I
invested so much in trying to help polishing it as much as possible.
:-)


> So we are happy to accept this as a last call comment (despite the
> comment period being closed) and to add, in addition to the changes
> appendix, a new appendix listing all the changes.

Great! :-)


> The appendix to which you linked was a great start - may we have your
> permission to ad it to the specification?

Errr... The appendix I've linked to was just a modified - basically a
published copy of my local changes. Of course you can add it. :-)


> How did you generate it?

As stated, I *didn't*. I just checked out from CVS and made some local
modifications with a plain text editor. The changes are actually small
(therefore the patch to ease reviewing).


> We would need to update it to account for later changes - are you
> interested in helping with that?

Yes, I'm interested in helping but no, I don't believe I'll be able to
(within a reasonable time frame, that is). Nevertheless, if I am (I'll
try to keep my local CVS copy updated), I'll keep sending refreshed
versions of it to www-svg. ;-)

Please just state when is the final date (or when there is one) in
order to try coordinating with everything else. Thanks! :-)


Cheers,
 Helder
-- 
Helder M. A. Magalhães
http://heldermagalhaes.com/


[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2010Aug/0009.html
[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2010Nov/0045.html

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