The project in question did have source attached to it, so wasn't just a case of squatting as far as I can tell.
Something we do for Sourceforge naming conflicts is email the Sourceforge project owner asking their permission to grant ownership. Maybe we should be doing something similar for deleted projects? Daniel On Dec 18, 1:06 am, npapier <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, but if this deleted project was an empty project, could it be > possible to recycle this name to avoid name 'squatting' by unavailable/ > dead project ? > > If not, i could create my project with another name like 'openglpp'. > But, i am not sure if reusing OpenGL, a registered trademark of SGI, > is allowed ? > > Thanks for your time, > Nicolas > > On Dec 17, 6:06 pm, "Daniel O'Brien" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I can confirm that glpp is another case of aprojectthat exists, but > > has been deleted by its owner. > > > Daniel > > > On Dec 17, 2:23 am, npapier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I encountered the same problem. > > > Indeed, during the creation of a newprojectcalled 'glpp' (a shortcut > > > for OpenGL PlusPlus), the registration process returns "Thatproject > > >nameisnotavailable.". Thisnameseems to be free.at SourceForge, > > > GoogleCode and on the www. > > > > Is it possible to bypass this test and reusenameof deletedproject > > > (if its the case) ? > > > > Thanks, > > > Nicolas > > > > PS: I already tried to register myprojectusing its originalname > > > 'gle' (actually hosted byhttp://gna.org/projects/gle/), but thisname > > > is used by aprojectat sourceforge. > > > > On Dec 16, 7:56 pm, "Daniel O'Brien" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The substrateprojectwas deleted by its owner. We retainproject > > > > names even after they've been deleted, resulting in the error you've > > > > encountered. > > > > > Daniel > > > > > On Dec 16, 10:32 am, "Beau D. Simensen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. The problem is that I tried to start two > > > > > projects yesterday, one named "halo" and one named "substrate." Both > > > > > of these projects were apparently taken. When I tried to register > > > > > "halo", it told me about the Sourceforge conflict. In the case of > > > > > "substrate", it just said theprojectnamewasnotavailable. > > > > > > I don't own either, and mine are mostly unrelated. Oh well. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > On Dec 16, 10:07 am, "Thomas Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > The signup process also checks if theprojectexists on Sourceforge. > > > > > > In this case, Substrate is already taken > > > > > > byhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/substrate/--ifyou'retheownerof > > > > > > the original substrateproject, there's a way to take care of making > > > > > > the switch. (I think you can just ask on this list) > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:11 AM, Beau D. Simensen > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm trying to register aprojectnamed "Substrate", but whenever I > > > > > > > enter thename, it comes back with "Thatprojectnameisnot > > > > > > >available." > > > > > > > > I have checked, and I donotsee that aprojectby thatnamecurrently > > > > > > > exists. At the very least it > > > > > > > isnotpublic.http://code.google.com/p/substrate/ > > > > > > > returns a forbidden message, while other made upprojectnames > > > > > > > actually return filenotfound messages. > > > > > > > > Why is substrate forbidden/notallowed? Is this something that can > > > > > > > be > > > > > > > fixed or am I stuck? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
