[sword-devel] osis2mod default versification

[DM Smith]

It is documented. It is the KJV.

— DM

> On Sep 5, 2015, at 4:33 PM, Kahunapule Michael Johnson <Kahunapule at eBible.org> wrote:
> 
> The lack of documentation agreement on what the default versification is doesn't surprise me, but it should be fixed.
> It also doesn't affect me, because I never call osis2mod without specifying the versification to use, so I never use the default.
> This is a pretty minor point compared to the architectural issue of not really being able to optimally represent the world's Bibles with the current set of hard-coded versifications.
> An even bigger point is not being able to handle mid-verse section titles. Those are VERY common. (I just have all section titles disabled temporarily on the eBible.org repository because of this.)
> 
> Priorities.
> 
> On 09/05/2015 08:37 AM, David Haslam wrote:
>> The de facto observation that recent builds of osis2mod make NRSV the default
>> v11n raises several questions:
>> 
>> When was this change sneaked in? 
>> 
>> Was there a formal agreement among developers?
>> 
>> Was there any announcement?
>> 
>> Why was this not mentioned on the Developers' wiki?
>> 
>> Which other SWORD utilities have been changed (if any)?
>> 
>> How come the change was not reflected in the SYNTAX HELP ? (as Michael H
>> reports)
>> 
>> IMHO, this change was unwarranted. 
>> 
>> It's very galling that such a significant change could be made without
>> adequate considerations of the implications.
>> 
>> Those who have scripts for module builds may well have omitted the -v KJV
>> switch for osis2mod.
>> It was wrong to assume that for such module developers it would be left to
>> chance to discover that their scripts were no longer working correctly.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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