[HEADS UP] XML migration and opening of projects/

[Gabor Kovesdan]

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Dear Doc Developers,

the migration to SVN and the related reorganization seem to have gone
seamlessly. However, the planned doc infrastructure improvements are not
finished yet. The next item on our TODO list is the long overdue XML
migration. Now we have a proper VCS system that supports renames and
moves in the tree so we can follow up with bigger reorganizations.
(Side note: do not be afraid of the changes, authoring will not be more
complicated at all.)

This XML migration is quite a complex reorganization and as such, it
cannot be done on the mainline of doc development so we decided to do it
in a separate branch. Also, this project will be the first
experiment on branching and merging back changes to head. To open
projects/ for the public we have to carefully evaluate the potential
scenarios of merging and choose that one that best suites our
development model. We at doceng will work out a draft about using
projects/ and merging changes back to head. We will post this to doc@
and once the policies and best practices are established, finally
projects/ will be open for the big public.

You can expect to see our draft policies in 2-3 weeks, so projects/ may
be open around mid-July.

Gabor
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