[MPEG-OTSPEC] [EXTERNAL] Re: Request for OFF Github Repo

[David Singer]

> On Aug 26, 2020, at 13:23 , Renzhi Li <Renzhi.Li at microsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> So should we start using this repo instead of mail lists? GitHub's user experience is much better than mailing lists.

It would certainly be nice to know how many questions we are discussing, what they are, and have them separately threaded into issues that summarize the story so far.

> 发件人: mpeg-otspec <mpeg-otspec-bounces at lists.aau.at> 代表 Dave Crossland <dcrossland at google.com>
> 发送时间: 2020年8月26日 10:37
> 收件人: Levantovsky, Vladimir <Vladimir.Levantovsky at monotype.com>
> 抄送: mpeg-otspec <mpeg-otspec at lists.aau.at>
> 主题: [EXTERNAL] Re: [MPEG-OTSPEC] Request for OFF Github Repo
>  
> AMAZING :)
> 
> https://github.com/MPEGGroup/OpenFontFormat/issues/ awaits the Vlad genie :) 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 1:03 PM Levantovsky, Vladimir <Vladimir.Levantovsky at monotype.com> wrote:
> What’s the magic word … (Ah, I remember now, “abracadabra”!)
> https://github.com/MPEGGroup/OpenFontFormat
> (You can click on it now!)
> Vlad
> P.S. You have two more requests remaining until midnight! :D
>  
>  
> From: Dave Crossland <dcrossland at google.com> 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 12:28 PM
> To: mpeg-otspec <mpeg-otspec at lists.aau.at>; Levantovsky, Vladimir <Vladimir.Levantovsky at monotype.com>
> Subject: Request for OFF Github Repo
>  
>  
> Hi Vlad
>  
> I'd like to request the creation of an OFF Github repo for the purpose of using the issue tracker to supplement this mailing list - to make discussions more clear in terms of clearly closing an issue when a decision is made, while keeping it open to further comment, tagging issues, grouping them into dated milestones, and so on.
>  
> The precedent for this is https://github.com/MPEGGroup/FileFormat 
>  
> I propose https://github.com/MPEGGroup/OpenFontFormat 
>  
> To confirm, this is completely separate from the interest in having an editor's draft for the spec text available as markdown on Github for more efficient drafting of proposals.
>  
> Cheers
> Dave
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David Singer
Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.