SVN - naming convention

[James William Yoon]

Hey folks,

Vicki and Tona are correct: date and the user committing the file are 
stored by svn, so it's a bit redundant to have it in the file name. 
Also, with all the cross-designer work that we encourage, the list of 
initials may get a bit unwieldy (and redundant--imagine a mature design 
file that had all the designers touched at some point during its life 
cycle).

Whether we should include a version number in the file name or rely 
solely on svn's version/revision control system is something to think 
about. Here are my thoughts:

We should have a draft number to indicate some end of cycle (e.g., 
Kiosk-Wireframes-Draft4-HomeScreen), and not have numbers for within 
drafts (i.e., rely on svn to keep track of the changes within a 
particular draft). This is what we've already been doing 
anyways--keeping work and changes within a particular draft abstracted 
from everyone else, and simply showing the end of a draft.

Also, I think we should use the term "draft" when referring to one of 
these cycles, as opposed to "version". My reasoning for this to avoid 
possible confusion arising from non-core-designers distinguishing 
between design versions and production versions.

E.g.,
"Fluid Engage version 0.3 is based on kiosk design version 3 and mobile 
design version 8"
vs.
"Fluid Engage version 0.3 is based on kiosk design draft 3 and mobile 
design draft 8"

Maybe it's confusing any way you cut it.

Thanks for starting this thread, Lee--I'm glad we're having this discussion!

James

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 <vmoulder at sfu.ca 
> <mailto:vmoulder at sfu.ca>> 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 
> <http://kiosk_wireframes_sketches.ai>??
> >
> > That's my 2 cents!
> >
> > V
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Leah Maestri" <leahmaestri at gmail.com 
> <mailto:leahmaestri at gmail.com>>
> > To: "James William Yoon" <james.yoon at utoronto.ca 
> <mailto:james.yoon at utoronto.ca>>, "Kevin Muise" <muisek at gmail.com 
> <mailto:muisek at gmail.com>>, "Vicki Moulder" <vicki.moulder at gmail.com 
> <mailto:vicki.moulder at gmail.com>>, "Jess Mitchell" 
> <jess at jessmitchell.com <mailto:jess at jessmitchell.com>>, "tona monjo" 
> <tonamonjo at gmail.com <mailto:tonamonjo at gmail.com>>, "fluid-work List" 
> <fluid-work at fluidproject.org <mailto:fluid-work at fluidproject.org>>
> > 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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>
> --
> Tona Monjo
> Disseny d'interficies | Diseño de interfaces | Interface design
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