Re: [Savannah-hackers] Can you make this a priority?

[Lisa M. Opus Goldstein]

Dear Jaime,

Thank you so much for the quick response.


Is there a "notes" section on the registration page where people can
add the fact it is an FSF-USA or FSF-Europe, etc project?  That might
make the sys admins workload lighter in the future.



-Opus




Jaime E. Villate <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Lisa
> Thanks for your information; the project has just been activated
> and Bob already has ssh access to Savannah so he should be able to commit
> the files to the CVS repository immediately.
> 
> Sorry for the delay. From the registration information I did not realize this
> was an FSF project and since it is not a software project I had to look more
> carefully into it and went into the pending projects queue.
> 
> Bob: thanks for the bug report on the FAQ texinfo file. We'll try to solve it
> soon.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jaime
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 10:56:38AM -0400, Lisa M. Opus Goldstein wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Dear People,
> > 
> > I am the Business Manager for the Free Software Foundation in Boston.
> > An FSF employee has registered a Savannah project, "softfree".
> > 
> > Please approve this project as swiftly as possible.  The employee did
> > not realize that projects need to go through an approval process, and
> > so left setting up the CVS tree until just before a deadline.  I am
> > trying to meet a deadline of 5:00 pm Friday, Eastern US time.
> > 
> > I am sorry about this last-minute drama.  Thank you in advance for
> > your understanding and quick fix.
> > 
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > 
> > -Opus
> > 
> > Lisa M. Goldstein           address@hidden
> > Managing Editor, GNU Press
> > Business Manager,           Tel 617-542-5942
> > Free Software Foundation    Fax 617-542-2652
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded message from "Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden> -----
> > 
> > Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:36:13 +0000 (UTC)
> > From: "Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden>
> > To: address@hidden, address@hidden
> > CC: address@hidden
> > Subject: CVS for book on software freedom
> > 
> > I registered a project on Savannah for my book, `Software Freedom: an
> > Introduction', under the heading `softfree'.
> > 
> > I thought I would then be able to put the files immediately into CVS
> > where you could download the Texinfo, Info, HTML, and DVI files by
> > doing:
> > 
> >   cvs -z3 address@hidden:/cvsroot/softfree co softfree
> > 
> > but it turns out that the project must be reviewed by the Savannah
> > administrators before I can start it and commit the files.  (Nowadays,
> > this moderation is a good idea, but I had not thought of it.  Shows my
> > heritage.  Without such security, a DOS attack would be trivially easy
> > for anyone with a fast connection.)  So I am waiting on the OK.
> > 
> > I have already got the instructions on what to do from
> > https://savannah.gnu.org/faq/ and have set things up at my end.
> > 
> > The only serious problem with the Savannah site that I have come
> > across so far is that the Texinfo source for the Savannah FAQ fails to
> > format.  Fortunately, I can still read the Info as if it were a plain
> > text file.
> > 
> >     https://savannah.gnu.org/faq/export_texinfo.php?group_id=11
> > 
> > More after the administrators OK the project and I can import my files.
> > 
> > -- 
> >     Robert J. Chassell            address@hidden  address@hidden
> >     Rattlesnake Enterprises       http://www.rattlesnake.com
> >     Free Software Foundation      http://www.gnu.org   GnuPG Key ID: 
> > 004B4AC8
> > 
> > ----- End forwarded message -----

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Lisa M. Goldstein           address@hidden
Managing Editor, GNU Press
Business Manager,           Tel 617-542-5942
Free Software Foundation    Fax 617-542-2652