Unfortunately, a conflict has arisen so I cannot attend either the Core or Domain TC meetings this week.
I was due to have two bits of work ready for review by this Thursday, but neither have been completed.
1. TRS spec update
In three separate discussions over the last week, I have been asked questions or posed scenarios that have made me realize that we are missing some significant information about how to use TRS -
how the base and change log interact, how rebasing can work, and how clients should behave. The edits that I was making to the TRS spec now seem inadequate. I have gone back to the drawing board somewhat, and I'm writing a detailed scenario document, describing
a complete timeline for a server generating base pages, adding change events, rebasing and truncating the change log with at least two different techniques, while at the same time two different clients are reading the TRS feed. The note points out some of
the possible order of events on this timeline, and how the clients and server interact to ensure correct behavior.
This document is intended to serve as a basis for discussion, to ensure we all have a common understanding of how TRS is supposed to work. From that, we can decide what needs to be added to the normative
spec, and what should be published as a committee note.
I am not yet ready to have this new document reviewed - I expect to have it done by the end of next week, probably too late for the Core TC meeting on Thursday, and anyway, TC members will need time
to read and comment. So, I expect some discussion in a meeting on Thursday 24th - Martin, could we schedule a subcommittee meeting for that after the Domains TC timeslot?
2. Configuration Management spec
I have found a few areas where previously discussed updates have not yet been applied to the draft, such as the change set lifecycle LDPCs, etc. That plus the time diverted to the new TRS scenario
doc means the config mgmt spec is also not yet ready for review. I'd like to put that temporarily on hold until we get the TRS scenario doc done, so we can focus on getting the underlying Core pieces complete.
Nick.