[MEI-L] Order of Guidelines chapters

[Laurent Pugin]

b too,

Laurent


On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:54 AM, Byrd, Donald A. <donbyrd at indiana.edu>wrote:

> I vote for b also. I think the argument for backward compatibility of
> chapter numbers is pretty weak.
>
> --Don
>
>
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> On Fri, 10 May 2013 21:47:03 +0000, Tore Simonsen <Tore.Simonsen at nmh.no>
> wrote:
>
>  Hah, one of the few things I feel I might have an opinion of!
>>
>> As a fairly new reader I would prefer b)
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Tore Simonsen
>>
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>> On Behalf Of Johannes
>> Kepper
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>> Subject: [MEI-L] Order of Guidelines chapters
>>
>> Dear list,
>>
>> while preparing the documentation for the upcoming release of MEI, we
>> stumbled upon an issue where we would like to get some feedback from
>> the community.
>>
>> The next release release includes a new module in MEI (FRBR...), and
>> we wondered about the preferences for ordering. It would make a lot
>> of sense to put the new chapter next to the existing header chapter,
>> but as all chapters are automatically numbered, this would result in
>> different chapter numbers for almost the complete Guidelines of the
>> new release, compared to the 2012 release. My question is: Do you
>> prefer
>>
>> a) to keep existing chapter numbers whenever possible, or
>>
>> b) to have chapters organized by their relationship, ignoring
>> changing numbers?
>>
>>
>> Technically, it is not a big deal to implement it either way. I have
>> a slight preference for b), but am open to arguments from both sides.
>> There isn't much time left for discussion, so if you have strong
>> opinions, please respond before Monday.
>>
>> Best,
>> Johannes
>>
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