From: Clark C . E. <cc...@cl...> - 2002-07-14 16:12:27
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summary: > I had a very short conversation with Oren about planning for a release. There are two stages that I think we should go through before we claim a "final" YAML 1.0; those are: schedule: - name: Working Draft Call For Implementations from: now till: August 31st what: > This is a period to try and get our implementations synced with the current draft for Sept 1st. I'd like to have a final decision on block escaping and if we are going to keep (nill) and family by then. I'm also considering fixing up the XML binding and moving this into the draft (as an appendix) both for clarification and also to provide a standard mapping of YAML onto XML; a standard mapping XML onto YAML is just not possible (or is very very ugly / unusable). issues: - Does block escaping "return" (Oren votes no) - Do we keep (nill) and family (Brian votes no) - > I'm thinking of cleaning up the XML paper and including it as an appendix to the specification for two reasons: (a) to provide a standard YAML to XML binding for those who want YAML but are required to use XML, (b) give further clarification regarding the information model (a non-normative equivalence). - name: Working Draft Last Call from: September 1st till: December 31st what: > This is a public announcement on Perl, Python, Ruby, XML, and other major development lists announcing the availability of YAML. The hope is to build a large base of early-adopters who help work out any last problems in the specification and perhaps propose any last set of features. We will accept relatively small changes during this period as long as they are damn good. - name: Proposed Specification from: January 1st till: May 10th what: > At this point the spec is frozen for all but "bug" fixes. No new features or anything which would break an application. This is a long period where more implementations may emerge and bugs may be found. - name: Final Specification from: May 11th what: > That's it folks. YAML 1.0 will be etched in stone. signature: > Best, Clark |