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[Savannah-hackers] Re: libidn
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Simon Josefsson |
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[Savannah-hackers] Re: libidn |
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Sat, 04 Jan 2003 00:56:54 +0100 |
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Would it be possible to change the designation of the "libidn" project
so it is a GNU project? And move the WWW CVS root. Thanks.
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> I hereby dub libidn a GNU package.
>
> Please don't forget to mention prominently in the README file and
> other suitable documentation places that it is a GNU program.
>
> The new-gnu people will mail you a file, maintain.text, which
> describes a lot of procedures for GNU maintainers. The file also
> describes who you can ask for various kinds of support or advice. If
> you encounter a situation where it isn't clear what to do, you can
> also ask address@hidden, which is a list of a few other GNU
> maintainers who have offered to answer questions for new maintainers.
>
> They will also add you to the gnu-prog mailing list, a moderated list
> for announcements to GNU maintainers. They will also add you to the
> gnu-prog-disc list, which can be used for discussion among GNU
> maintainers, but whether to stay on the list is up to you.
>
> Would you like to make ftp.gnu.org the distribution site?
> If so, please tell address@hidden when you have
> a version to release. If you need, we can make an acct for
> you on ftp.gnu.org so you can install new versions.
>
> Please write some useful web pages about the program, to put in
> http://www.gnu.org/software/PROGRAMNAME. These pages should be the
> main web site for the program, and they should really have the
> information for users, not just a link to another site; please use
> http://www.gnu.org/software/PROGRAMNAME whenever you give out the URL
> for the home page of the program. Please don't set up a "site for the
> program" anywhere else--if you want to do work on additional web pages
> about the program, please put them on www.gnu.org.
>
> (It is ok to put pages that address developers-only topics on another
> site, and likewise for pages that access databases.)
>
> In writing the web pages, please follow the style guidelines in
> http://www.gnu.org/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html. You can send the
> pages to address@hidden when you are done, or you can use Savannah
> to install and edit them directly.
>
> We invite you to use Savannah as the CVS repository both the program
> and its web pages. This makes it easy to update the web pages, since
> whatever you install through CVS will automatically appear on
> www.gnu.org. Using Savannah will also help the GNU Project in other
> ways. To set this up, visit http://savannah.gnu.org/.
>
> Please also write an entry or a change for the page
> http://www.gnu.org/people/people.html, and mail that to
> address@hidden also. Note that we don't want to talk about
> proprietary software, so if you have worked on any, please don't
> mention it here. Your entry can include a link to your home page
> provided it fits our usual criteria for what we link to.
>
> Please fill out an entry about your program for our Free Software
> Directory. Please contact address@hidden for more info about
> this.
>
> Please talk with address@hidden about creating the mailing lists that
> you need. There should be at least one, address@hidden, for
> reporting bugs. Please tell them whether you would like this list to
> be open to the public or just an alias going to whoever you choose.
> Also please say whether you would like to have a public archive of the
> list.
>
> If there are a few alternative names that might be natural for users
> to use, let's make all the aliases that might be useful. If you want
> these lists to be aliases for lists on your site, that is ok; ask
> new-gnu to set them up that way.
>
> Some GNU programs have another mailing list, address@hidden,
> for people to ask other users for help. And some programs have a list
> address@hidden for sending announcements to the users. (These
> are often moderated.) Please think about whether such lists are
> appropriate for this program; please ask for them if you want them.
>
> Please mail an announcement to address@hidden about the existence of
> the program, either when the program is released, or now if the
> program is already released. Include a brief description of the
> program so people can tell whether they are interested in using it.
> The announcement should mention the web pages on www.gnu.org and say
> where to get the program by ftp.
>
> new-gnu people, could you please enter Simon Josefsson in
> gnuorg/maintainers? (He should already be on the gnu-prog lists.)
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