[Savannah-hackers] system = linux ?

[Mathieu Roy]

Hi,

Browsing the phpGroupWare bug tracker for a bug related to Savannah, I
found something strange.

I, the field "platform", that people submitting bugs against
phpGroupWare are supposed to fill, they are prompted for
             "Linux - Debian"
             "Linux - Mandrake"
             "Linux - RedHat"
             [...]

I'm not sure to understand how mentioning the kernel name can be
useful in a report against a PHP application.

So I'm lead to assume that it is written Linux in the sense of an
Operating System.

This terminology is not supported by the GNU Project, neither does
this terminology support the GNU Project.

Every project registered as Savannah is asked to use the terminology
that GNU support, as a part of the deal for an almost free-as-beer
hosting facility. However, your project seems to have been registered
way before strict rules have been established on that topic.

Also, on the phpGroupWare, it mentions that phpGroupWare is part of the
GNU project. 

I think it would be appropriate to changes the content of the
incriminated platform field for your bug tracker hosted at Savannah. A
trivial modification that could help to promote GNU ideals.


Regards,


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Mathieu Roy

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