Re: [abc] two questions for abc members

>
> > 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

I agree with this; my preference would be for a dedicated abc series
rather than making the techreports specifically "sable" or "progtools".
We could give them numbers on both ends, but that would be very confusing,
with at least three versions of each paper floating around.

-Oege
Received on Mon Sep 13 09:20:40 2004