[Savannah-cvs] [527] proofread and update

[ineiev]

Revision: 527
          
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=administration&revision=527
Author:   ineiev
Date:     2023-02-03 07:27:45 -0500 (Fri, 03 Feb 2023)
Log Message:
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proofread and update

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/sviki/SavannahURLShortcuts.mdwn
    trunk/sviki/SavannahUpdateDelays.mdwn

Modified: trunk/sviki/SavannahURLShortcuts.mdwn
===================================================================
--- trunk/sviki/SavannahURLShortcuts.mdwn       2023-02-03 12:26:46 UTC (rev 
526)
+++ trunk/sviki/SavannahURLShortcuts.mdwn       2023-02-03 12:27:45 UTC (rev 
527)
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-<http://sv.gnu.org/> points to
-<http://savannah.gnu.org/>
+# Savannah URL shortcuts
 
-<http://sv.nongnu.org/> points to
-<http://savannah.nongnu.org/>
+Savannah has multiple URL shortcuts; these are some of them:
 
-<http://savannah.gnu.org/p/> and
-<http://savannah.gnu.org/pr/savannah>
-point to
-<http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/savannah>
+- **http://sv.gnu.org/** points to **http://savannah.gnu.org/**
 
-<http://savannah.gnu.org/u/rms> and
-<http://savannah.gnu.org/us/rms> point
-to
-<http://savannah.gnu.org/users/rms>
+- **http://sv.nongnu.org/** points to **http://savannah.nongnu.org/**
 
-Requests like
-https://savannah.gnu.org/*tracker*/?func=additem&group=*unix_group_name*&prefill[summary]=*sum*&prefill[details]=*text*
-direct to a form for submitting a new item in *tracker* of
-*unix_group_name* with pre-filled summary like *sum* and submission text
-like *text*, where *tracker* is (bugs|task|patch|support).  Other fields
-like category or priority could be pre-filled likewise.
+- **http://savannah.gnu.org/p/***group*
+  and **http://savannah.gnu.org/pr/***group*
+  point to **http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/***group*
+
+- **http://savannah.gnu.org/u/***user* and
+  **http://savannah.gnu.org/us/***user*
+  point to **http://savannah.gnu.org/users/***user*
+
+Copyright &copy; 2023 Ineiev
+
+Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+notice and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is,
+without any warranty.

Modified: trunk/sviki/SavannahUpdateDelays.mdwn
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--- trunk/sviki/SavannahUpdateDelays.mdwn       2023-02-03 12:26:46 UTC (rev 
526)
+++ trunk/sviki/SavannahUpdateDelays.mdwn       2023-02-03 12:27:45 UTC (rev 
527)
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
-Many functions on the Savannah web site affect accounts on other GNU
-machines. This includes all functions related to mail aliases, shell
-passwords, user additions, group member changes, CVS repository
-creation, etc.
+# Savannah update delays
 
-Updates to these and other systems happen via cron *every 30 minutes*,
-so changes made on the web site will appear to be live, but will not
-take effect until the next cron update.
+Many functions on the Savannah web site affect data outside Savane
+database.  This includes functions related to mailing list management,
+VCS repository creation, updating web pages, etc.
 
-ViewCVS never recomputes the \~2500 projects list (it would consume too
+Updates to those systems may happen via cron as rarely as
+*every 30 minutes*, so changes made on the web site will appear
+to be live, but will not take effect until the next cron update.
+
+ViewCVS never recomputes the \~4000 group list (it would consume too
 much resources and time to do it at each request) - but Apache2 (hence
-ViewCVS) is restarted daily by sysklogd. So as an exception, new
-projects are taken into account by ViewCVS only every 24h.
+ViewCVS) is restarted daily by sysklogd. So new repositories are taken
+into account by ViewCVS only every 24h.
+
+These are some things that do work faster:
+
+- Group and account-related public info, member access control,
+  email addresses, notification settings, GnuPG and SSH keys
+  are in effect with no delay.
+- Group home pages update within a few minutes.
+
+Copyright &copy; 2023 Ineiev
+
+Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+notice and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is,
+without any warranty.