On 03/28/2016 05:34 PM, Richard Heck wrote:
> On 03/28/2016 04:49 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
>> On 2016-03-28, Richard Heck wrote:
>>> On 03/28/2016 03:36 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
>>>> On 2016-03-28, Richard Heck wrote:
>>>>> On 03/28/2016 06:50 AM, Georg Baum wrote:
>>>>>>>> 3bii. It is not just that new styles have been added.
>>>>> I think it is going to be dang-near impossible to reach consensus on
>>>>> this now. And, for the reason just given, I'm not sure we need to do
>>>>> so. If really pressing problems of this kind arise, I'll handle them.
>>>>> on a case-by-case basis. The proper solution is versioning, and that
>>>>> will be in 2.3.
>>>> We have this problem now in acmsiggraph. So we need a conclusion now.
>>>> If there is consensus, that new layouts don't require a file format
>>>> change, this problem would no longer be a showstopper for 2.2
>>> I'm confused. Why do we have this problem when 2.2 has not even been
>>> released?
>> Because, if we do not allow layout addition without file format change and
>> no file format change in minor releases, we must do the homework and
>> update/add layouts for acmsiggraph and amstex before releasing 2.2. --
>> otherwise we ship the complete 2.2.x series with layouts that only work with
>> obsolete (and no longer available) document class versions.
> I see. But, if we do allow layout additions, then it's not a problem, so I
> think it isn't a problem.
It would be nice, though it isn't essential, if there were some way to
help people who needed it get the new layout. I'm not sure it is worth
doing the whole auto-download thing, but I would think that it would be
fairly easy to check if a matching layout exists at some central URL we
could create, and if it does tell people they can get it there. It seems
this can be done via QNetworkAccessManager::head(QNetworkRequest). See:
http://www.qtcentre.org/archive/index.php/t-48347.html
Richard
