[be] Re: [LinuxUser] [task #8022] interoperabillity with other content managers

[Kahunapule Michael Johnson]

Teus Benschop wrote:
> This changes the situation. There is one person who voted for this
> feature by submitting a request to implement it, and now there is a
> second vote, which is against. I believe that we need more votes on this
> topic before a decision can be made to either cancel this feature
> request or continue the pursuit to have it implemented. Parties may have
> to give reasons as well why they vote for or against.
>   

It seems to me that it won't matter how many votes you get for this 
feature if one of them isn't from Nathan Miles.

However, if Bibledit and Paratext both support USFM, it seems to me that 
it should be possible and desirable to build our own heterogeneous 
environment collaboration repository tool that worked with both programs 
(and any others that use USFM). The result would be maybe a bit less 
smooth for Paratext users, but it would not burden Nathan with 
compatibility issues as much. (He would still have to deal with any 
issues that might be caused by deviations from the USFM specification, 
but since his input into that spec is predominant, I don't expect much 
of that.)

Shalom,
Michael


> On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 18:06 -0800, Nathan Miles wrote:
>   
> > Teus,
> >
> > I am specifically requesting that you not implement this feature...so it 
> > would seem inappropriate for me to forward you a beta version to 
> > facilitate you implementing this feature.
> >
> > Nathan
> >     
> > > Update of task #8022 (project bibledit):
> > >
> > >                   Status:                    None => Need Info              
> > >              Assigned to:                    None => teus                   
> > >
> > >     _______________________________________________________
> > >
> > > Follow-up Comment #1:
> > >
> > > Hannes Hirzel expressed a desire that the Scripture repository that is going
> > > to be used in Paratext 7 be accessible by Bibledit too, and that both programs
> > > could work with the same repository, so that this would enable collaboration
> > > in a heterogenous environment.
> > >
> > > Nathan Miles was reluctant since this could cause errors and a support
> > > nightmare.
> > >
> > > Implementation of this feature probably need to wait till Paratext 7 has been
> > > released.
> > >
> > > Or would it be possible, Nathan, to supply me with a development or beta
> > > version of PT7?
> > >
> > > Thanks, Teus.
> > >
> > >     _______________________________________________________
> > >
> > > Reply to this item at:
> > >
> > >   <http://savannah.nongnu.org/task/?8022>
> > >
> > >