abc-private (Sep 2004): Re: [abc] two questions for abc members

From: Ondrej LHOTAK <olhotak@sable.mcgill.ca>
Date: Sun Sep 12 2004 - 12:50:19 BST

On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 02:40:07AM -0400, Prof. Laurie HENDREN wrote:
> 1) I have to explain my absence to my compiler class on Monday. Is it ok
> if I tell them the pre-release web site for abc? They are just starting
> in compilers, so they won't understand it all, but they could browse
> through it and see what we were up to ....
>
> Does anyone object to this?

I don't object.

> 2) I am preparing the outline of the CC paper. Normally when we prepare
> a paper for submission to a conference, we also prepare a parallel one
> as a Sable technical report. That way we have something to cite until
> the paper is actually accepted.
>
> I suggest that we continue to do this with abc-related papers some how.
> Do we want to have our own abc technical reports, or can I just use
> the Sable series?

If this is what we decide, I'm happy to maintain them on the web site,
assign TR numbers, etc. I don't have a strong opinion whether they
should be hosted here or at Oxford. Weren't there issues with Oxford
having all sorts of restrictive rules about running a web site?

One thing I would recommend against is making them into official
McGill or Oxford tech reports, maintained by the department, because
departments have a habit of messing things up. McGill keeps changing the
URL of its tech reports (without even putting up a redirect), which is
very annoying when there are references to them. Also, it's a lot of
work to get a TR number out of them. Keeping things under our control
makes everything much easier.

Ondrej

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