Filed as an enhancement request: http://code.google.com/p/support/issues/detail?id=1990
Feel free to comment on it if you think it doesn't quite cover your case. Daniel On Dec 19, 6:11 am, npapier <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, it could be a useful feature. > > Nicolas > > On Dec 19, 2:02 am, "Daniel O'Brien" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
