Hi Rich
I'd vote for this. I think it would be an excellent idea.
Bryan
On 27 September 2013 19:03, <rsignell at usgs.gov> wrote:
> Mark & CF community,
>
> I agree that it would be great to allow a larger group of folks with
> time and interest to help out and get CF-1.7 out of the gates.
>
> I wonder if we might also take this opportunity to consider more
> radical options to increase participation, like setting up a
> CF-Conventions organization on Github and moving the conventions
> there.
>
> The git model and the tools that github provides would make it much
> easier for other folks to contribute changes and for those changes to
> be reviewed, discussed and merged.
>
> Recently we moved the UGRID conventions from a Confluence wiki
> <
> http://publicwiki.deltares.nl/display/NETCDF/Deltares+CF+proposal+for+Unstructured+Grid+data+model
> >
> to github
> <
> https://github.com/ugrid-conventions/ugrid-conventions/blob/master/README.md
> >
> and I was surprised at how easy it was.
>
> I haven't moved trac tickets to github but it looks like many other
> projects have and there are tools to do it (e.g.
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6671584/how-to-export-trac-to-github-issues
> )
>
> What do folks think about this?
>
> Thanks
> -Rich
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Hedley, Mark
> <mark.hedley at metoffice.gov.uk> wrote:
> > I think the need for CF 1.7 is clear. There are a lot of agreed tickets
> to process.
> >
> > I am particularly concerned by the comment:
> > "Making a new version of CF depends on Jeff Painter or a colleague at
> PCMDI having time to do it, I presume."
> >
> > I am worried that this factor is a barrier to publishing the updated
> conventions document.
> >
> > The source for the conventions document is under source control and
> published here:
> > https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/browser/cf-conventions
> > https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/browser/cf-conventions/trunk
> >
> > I would think that a number of community members would be happy to take
> a ticket and a branch and input the required changes. This can then be
> reviewed and approved as part of closing the ticket.
> >
> > All that would be required to make a start on this would be for people
> to volunteer and be given access to the source control system with the
> ability to make branches. Access should be easy as I guess all interested
> parties already have a Trac account. A smaller group with merge rights to
> the trunk would be needed to review and merge changes.
> >
> > I am happy to put myself forward to do a bit of this work; if a number
> of us muck in, I think we should be able to get 1.7 up to scratch in a
> fairly short amount of time.
> >
> > Are there others in the community who could offer a little of their time
> to contribute to such an effort?
> >
> > mark
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: CF-metadata [cf-metadata-bounces at cgd.ucar.edu] on behalf of
> Jonathan Gregory [j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk]
> > Sent: 13 September 2013 10:35
> > To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> > Subject: [CF-metadata] Can we please close ticket 93 and modify the
> latest CF document accordingly?
> >
> > Dear Rich
> >
> > There are a lot of tickets which have been agreed and should therefore
> be in
> > the next version of the CF standard. They are all the ones shown in
> green in
> > http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~david/cf_trac_summary.html, including
> ticket 93.
> >
> > Making a new version of CF depends on Jeff Painter or a colleague at
> PCMDI
> > having time to do it, I presume. I agree we need a new one, because
> there are
> > a lot of concluded tickets, and it's two years since CF 1.6 was
> published. We
> > do not close the tickets until the new version of CF is published which
> > includes them, because the process isn't finished until then. In CF 1.7,
> the
> > history will be updated to list all the tickets which were enacted in it.
> >
> > However, even without a new version of CF, it can be assumed that ticket
> 93
> > (and all the other concluded ones) will be part of CF 1.7. Software
> developers
> > can act on that assumption.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from "Signell, Richard" <rsignell at usgs.gov>
> -----
> >
> >> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:59:39 -0400
> >> From: "Signell, Richard" <rsignell at usgs.gov>
> >> To: CF metadata <cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu>
> >> Subject: [CF-metadata] Can we please close ticket 93 and modify the
> latest CF
> >> document accordingly?
> >>
> >> CF Folks,
> >>
> >> The Iris project would like to add support for the
> >> "ocean_s_coordinate_g1" and "ocean_s_coordinate_g2" coordinate that
> >> was described in this enhancement ticket for CF 1.7:
> >>
> >> https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/ticket/93
> >>
> >> The last comment in this ticket is 11 months ago by Jonathan Gregory
> >> saying that these enhancements should be added to the next release of
> >> CF. Can these please be added to the CF 1.7 draft document and the
> >> ticket closed?
> >>
> >> (I see the "latest CF document" is 2011-12-05 16:44 , so that's
> >> perhaps why this change didn't get added?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Rich
> >>
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