[HPSG-L] HPSG proceedings 2024

[Manfred Sailer]

Dear Stefan,

Thank you for the update and the transparency.
For me as a contributor, it's good to know what the situation is.

Thank you for keeping the proceedings running in spite of all the obstacles!!
All the best,

Manfred

> Hi everybody,
>
> This is an email to inform you about the status of the HPSG 2024  
> proceedings. Short story: They are completed for a long time now but  
> because of technical difficulties they cannot be imported into the  
> publishing system OJS.
>
> Long story:
>
> For the first time since 2003 the HPSG proceedings will appear in  
> the year after the proceedings, normally they were out in November  
> or December.
>
> This is partly due to the fact that there is an additional reviewing  
> step now. This costs time since it also involves revisions. However  
> the plan was to be done with this in 2024. But apart from  
> difficulties with the new publication mode, there were technical  
> difficulties.
>
> Some history:
>
> In the early years of editing the proceedings everything was easy. I  
> had access to the machine where the files for CSLI Pubs were hosted  
> and copied everything there by ssh copy. Effort here: put files in  
> place, compile, check, type "make public".
>
> Over the years Stanford University got more and more restrictive as  
> far as access was concerned. The CSLI machine was closed off, access  
> to the central machines was only possible with sponsored accounts.  
> The reply times for renewals of sponsored accounts got longer and  
> the times for which access was granted got shorter. We finally  
> decided to move the proceedings elsewhere. This is why we have Open  
> Journal System now. Publishing the proceedings means that I create  
> an XML file, which has to be imported in Frankfurt/M. I cannot do  
> this myself. This causes delays and slows down turnaround. Now there  
> was a main change in infrastructure and an update of php and OJS and  
> things do not work any longer.
>
> Only thing I can do: Wait and be patient.
>
> In principle we could go back to the old mode: find a webserver  
> somewhere and I just create the webpages via scripts and copy  
> everything there. The advantage of the OJS solution is that it can  
> be used for doing the reviewing process of the revisions and that  
> people can use it once I retire (10 years from now).
>
> Best wishes
>
>     Stefan, frustrated about this world getting more and more restricted
>
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