[Savannah-hackers] Re: commonc++ integrated to http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/commonc++/

[David Sugar]

I have a strange situation I would like to discuss that involves Common C++. 
In the case of Common C++, I have also written some additional class
libraries based on it that are not officially designated as part of the GNU 
project (but of course are also free software under the GPL).  However, these 
additional class libraries are actually used in at least one current and one 
future GNU package as well as in several things that fall into the GNUCOMM 
meta project.

What I would like to do is consolidate these extra libraries in one place 
along with Common C++ itself as a convenience to users.  I would like to do 
seperate module checkins to cvs and perhaps distribute these as seperate 
sub-packages in savannah under the Common C++ work area.  Please let me know 
what you think about this and if this would be appropriate to do.  I have also 
considered consolidating at least some of these extra packages into Common C++ 
itself and that might happen as well in some future release, at which point 
there would be no question of their status as part of GNU.

David

address@hidden wrote:

>   Hi,
>
>   commonc++ was integrated in the SourceForge.net clone dedicated to GNU
> projects that can be found at http://savannah.gnu.org/. The URL of
> the commonc++ project on Savannah is http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/commonc++/
> It provides you with the following facilities:
>
>   . Web interface to handle contributors CVS write access. You don't
>     need to ask someone, it is automated. Only the commonc++ project
>     administrators on Savannah can give CVS write access to new
>     contributor or deny access to an existing one. This is basically a
>     one click operation.  If you want to become a project
>     administrator ask an existing administrator to grant you the right
>     or, if there are no project administrator, ask address@hidden
>     to become one.
>
>   . Editing http://www.gnu.org/software/commonc++/ pages using CVS 
>     instead of login onto gnudist.gnu.org. As soon as you commit
>     information in this CVS tree, it will show on 
>     http://www.gnu.org/software/commonc++/.
>
>   . The commonc++ CVS tree now has a separate CVS history instead of an
>     history merged with all other projects hosted on
>     subversions.gnu.org.
>
>   For more information on how to access the CVS trees, click on the
> CVS menu at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/commonc++/.
>
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> that you change your habbits. However, it would be nice of you to do
> the following:
>
>   - login at least once on https://savannah.gnu.org/account/login.php
>   - read the CVS instructions for the commonc++ project
>   - checkout the commonc++ CVS tree according to these instructions
>
>   When all contributors will be using the new CVS tree, we will be
> able to remove the backward compatibility installation for commonc++.
>
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> regarding this planned integration. 
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