[sword-devel] Modules, Tracker - some remarks

[Cyrille]

Please Peter, can you post even if you don't have the source? It will be
easier, because I post on multiples issues, I don't remember exactly
which...

Le 02/12/2018 à 18:54, DM Smith a écrit :
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>
> — DM Smith
> From my phone. Brief. Weird autocorrections. 
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> On Dec 2, 2018, at 10:47 AM, "refdoc at gmx.net <mailto:refdoc at gmx.net>"
> <refdoc at gmx.net <mailto:refdoc at gmx.net>> wrote:
>
>> Regarding how to find source:
>>
>> In our newer and better modules a source is given in the conf file.
>> But sometimes that link is now dead.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my mobile. Please forgive shortness, typos and weird
>> autocorrects.
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [sword-devel] Modules, Tracker - some remarks
>> From: refdoc at gmx.net <mailto:refdoc at gmx.net>
>> To: sword-devel
>> CC:
>>
>>
>>     Hi to all
>>
>>     1) I am so pleased and grateful for all the activity checking and
>>     testing modules wrt issues mentioned on the tracker
>>
>>     2) There is a substantial minority of modules we do have source
>>     texts for (around 100) and I hold the key for them. They can not
>>     be shared to anyone, usually, as they tend to be not public
>>     domain texts. But the upshot for them is, I feel responsible in a
>>     direct way for them and take care of much in these weeks. So if
>>     you see me commenting on a module as the matter being in work,
>>     just move on , as it is in hand.
>>
>>     3) There is a majority of texts, and some of them are very old in
>>     terms of CrossWire and we need to find sources for them, because
>>     we do not hold them. So, if you do not see me commenting that
>>     things are in hand, the module clearly requires a rebuilt and you
>>     want to push this actively forward, go and find the source.
>>
>>     4) How to find sources:
>>
>>     Many public domain texts have been pushed forward and backward
>>     between projects since the start of the internet, are in a poor
>>     state and badly or not at all marked up, forced into KJV
>>     versification , or sometimes even chopped up in order to support
>>     sectarian views. Commonly for important texts though there exists
>>     somewhere someone who has decided to fix things. People who do
>>     try and fix things make this often very clear. Others refer/defer
>>     to them. It pays to get into direct contact with them to
>>     establish a link and maybe even let them produce OSIS or USFM for
>>     our use. We certainly always want to feed back any and all
>>     improvements we make to Mark Up etc.
>>
>>     5)You find good authoritative source, put at least the link
>>     underneath the tracker and explain shortly why this is in your
>>     view the best source, particularly if there is a big choice. If
>>     you want to go and start working on a module, even better
>>
>>     Thanks again to all!
>>
>>
>>
>>     Sent from my mobile. Please forgive shortness, typos and weird
>>     autocorrects.
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