[Savannah-hackers] Re: [Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden>] Re: reactivate account

[Jamshed Kakar]

Hi Jan,

Sorry for the late reply.  I'm afraid I don't know what the best
course of action here is- first of, do you have/need accounts on GNU
server?  If so, for which project?  Also, if you do please return to
http://savannah.gnu.org and add SSH keys.

savannah-hackers: Any input?

Thanks,
Jamu.

> Hi,
> 
> I think my mail (see below) got lost or stuck somewhere, how about it;
> what should I do?
> 
> Are/were gnu account names reserved, if so, how do I get janneke
> assigned to me; or is it just tough luck that janneke is taken; should
> I use yet another nick?
> 
> If it's the latter, I'd suggest to change the wording at 
> 
>    https://savannah.gnu.org/account/register.php:
> 
> from:
> 
>       Login Name (if you have a gnu.org account use that account name):
> 
> to:
> 
>       Login Name (if you have a gnu.org account try to use that
>       account name first):
> 
> Greetings,
> Jan.
> 
> 
> From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden>
> Date: 14 Oct 2001 17:30:07 +0200
> In-Reply-To: <address@hidden> (Jamshed Kakar's message of "Sat, 13 Oct 2001 
> 14:59:22 -0700")
> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
> Lines: 37
> 
> Jamshed Kakar <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> Hi Jamshed,
> 
> > Please let us know how it goes.
> 
> > If you are unable to register through savannah for any reason, let us
> > know that as well, and we will do our best to accomodate your needs.
> 
> On https://savannah.gnu.org/account/register.php it says:
> 
>     Login Name (if you have a gnu.org account use that account name):
> 
> but when I use `janneke' (my gnu.org account) and try to register, it
> says:
> 
>     user is a known mail alias and cannnot be used
> 
> So, if they ask me to use my gnu.org account name, I assume that all
> gnu.org account names have been reserved, somehow.  Otherwise, it
> would be sheer luck to get here first for gnu.org account holders?
> 
> When I try `jan' (my real name), it says:
> 
>     That username already exists.
> 
> So, now I wonder, has someone nicked my mail alias, or has it been
> pre-reserved for me -- which disallows me (and others) to use that
> login?
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> Jan.
> 
> -- 
> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien       | http://www.lilypond.org
> 
> -- 
> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien       | http://www.lilypond.org
> 

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