Thanks, Justin! This is a much better idea than renaming the files.
Sure the experience that developers already have in SVN will be really
helpful for us.

Thanks and have a nice weekend!

Tona



On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Justin Obara <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hello,
> In regards to the final versions that will be developed from, you may want
> to employ the tagging mechanism that is part of the SVN.
>
> When we release a version of Infusion or Engage, we make a tag. A tag is
> basically a copy that is stored separate from the working directory, so that
> it remains unchanged.
>
> Here is what the infusion tags look like in SVN
>
> http://source.fluidproject.org/svn/fluid/infusion/tags/
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> - Justin
>
> On 22-Oct-09, at 4:45 PM, tona monjo wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I agree with Vicki in trying to keep file names as simple as possible,
> while maintaining the essential data. I'm afraid that if we create too
> complex codes, it will be harder to maintain consistency.
>
> I wouldn't neither include the date or the author to the name, because in
> this case we would be cloning files (each new version would have a different
> date). And for authors and following the example, if Vicky worked later
> on 10-21-09_FE_wireframe-sketches_kiosk-v4_JM-VM_1.jpg, she would create a
> new file named 10-21-09_FE_wireframe-sketches_kiosk-v4_VM_1.jpg, so the
> number of files would increase with each new version.
>
> I vote for the Vicki's proposal, but at the same time I think we may need
> in the future some convention to mark definitive versions -although a design
> is never definitive!-. I mean versions that are "the last one" before
> releasing a development.
>
> Something like this?:
>
> kiosk_home_DEF.ai
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tona
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Victoria Moulder <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Leah,
> >
> > SVN assigns the date and author (person who has committed file) name to
> each file - so I don think we need to include this info in our naming
> convention?  Also, if we are placing the files in a directory called ...FE/
> I'm questioning if would need to included this info??
> >
> > I'm thinking more: (micro project name)_(what it is)_(file
> description).file extention
> >
> > Example: kiosk_wireframes_sketches.ai??
> >
> > That's my 2 cents!
> >
> > V
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Leah Maestri" <[email protected]>
> > To: "James William Yoon" <[email protected]>, "Kevin Muise" <
> [email protected]>, "Vicki Moulder" <[email protected]>, "Jess
> Mitchell" <[email protected]>, "tona monjo" <[email protected]>,
> "fluid-work List" <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, 22 October, 2009 12:00:39 GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> > Subject: SVN - naming convention
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I thought I'd start a discussion around the naming convention for the
> files we're uploading to SVN.
> > Currently we're plopping things in without rhyme or reason and this can
> very quickly come back to bite us.
> >
> > I wanted to bring up a naming convention Kevin thought of a few weeks
> back. Here's an idea for a convention that has worked in the past for
> managing files:
> >
> > Date(MM-DD-YY)_project name abbreviation_ type of work
> description_title_author(s) abbreviated_version number.
> >
> > So if we were to use James and Vicki's sketches, they would be called:
> >
> > 10-21-09_FE_wireframe-sketches_kiosk-v4_JM-VM_1.jpg
> > 10-21-09_FE_wireframe-sketches_kiosk-v4_JM-VM_2.jpg
> > 10-21-09_FE_wireframe-sketches_ kiosk-v4_ JM-VM_3.jpg
> > 10-21-09_FE_wireframe-sketches_ kiosk-v4_ JM-VM_4.jpg
> >
> > We may want to consolidate files like these into one PDF so they are more
> manageable.
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Best,
> > Lee
> >
> >
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