Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of Personal Search Utilities - savannah.nongnu.org

[Parthipan]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 19:22:42 -0400, Alaska Subedi <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
> 
> address@hidden writes:
>  > A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
>  > This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> Would you mind changing references to Linux as an OS to GNU/Linux?
> 

Sure, do I change it and make a fresh request or can I change it after
the project is created?

> 
> Your project is not yet part of the GNU project, so we cannot accept its
> current name.
> 

Following is a snippet from a mail thread with rms regarding this project.

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From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
Reply-To: address@hidden
To: Parthipan <address@hidden>
Cc: address@hidden
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:54:02 -0400
Subject: Re: Advice for a new project for GNU systems

>   That's a good plan. I'll get the stage one done and contact GNU for an
>   assessment. Meanwhile is using the name GNUBee ok?

Yes, for the time being.  Please say this name is used is because the
GNU Project is considering adopting your program.  That will help
educate people about when to include "GNU" in the name of a package.

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> If you are willing to make the changes mentioned above, we will
> consider your project for inclusion in Savannah.
> 

However, if we don't want to use this name please create a project by
the name "dsdig". This will stand for Desktop Dig.

Regards
~parthi


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