[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24977: Workflow change: automate RTL css generation

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#24977: Workflow change: automate RTL css generation
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 Reporter:  yoavf           |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.7
Component:  General         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
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Comment (by mark-k):

 Replying to [comment:24 helen]:
 > Replying to [comment:23 mark-k]:
 > > Well, then why can't I find the minification tool neither in google
 nor in trac? It is kind of pointless to have a source code if I don't have
 the compiler used to create the executable.
 >
 > Right now it uses the YUI Compressor. I imagine it's not in the develop
 repo yet because that repo is just a couple days old and tools and such
 are still under development. This isn't some magical "here it's already
 done" process. Tools are developed just as core is developed.
 >

 I don't want to argue philosophy here as don't care about GPL and prefer
 BSD, but the GPL way implies that you need to specify all the build tools
 required and the minimizer was used for years without any documentation.

 > > Practically, people still need to test how their CSS changes will work
 in rtl, especially if they are trying to fix an rtl bug, therefor they
 need to be able to do a a complete build, therefor all the tools required
 should be available in a very accessible way.
 >
 > That's exactly what the goal is. This is a very strange thing to be
 arguing about.
 >
 > I think it would be much more helpful to see time being spent trying
 this out and gathering data rather than assuming it couldn't possibly
 work. Trying something out is not saying that it will definitely happen.

 Not everything is possible, and some goals are possible but have bad side
 affects. I think these should be pointed out as early as possible in the
 development cycle to at least try in advance to deal with it. So far I
 don't think I repeated a point that I made before, and I don't think that
 what I say is pointless rhetoric.

 ok, end of this discussion for me until there will be an actual working
 rtl conversion tool.

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