[HPSG-L] HPSG proceedings 2024

[Borsley, Robert]

I think we all appreciate the effort Stefan has put in on this over the years and is still putting in.

best

Bob



Robert D. Borsley
Professor Emeritus, University of Essex
Honorary Professor, Bangor University

https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/borsl53905/bob-borsley
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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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