On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 08:45:18PM +0200, Sebastian Gerhardt wrote: > Hi there, > > once in a blue moon I come across a project submissions to be approved > which are somewhat smallish. (e.g. > https://savannah.gnu.org/task/index.php?9627 )
Btw, independently, Nicodemo raised concern about relying on an external service/data for the weather. Cf. the other thread about it. > While I a not saying these weren't useful, I have the feeling that a > full hosting account might be a bit overpowered for such "one-filers". > Often the license text is longer than the code itself. > > I also have the impression the authors do not really want to have all > the burden coming with a full blown account, let alone they want to > maintain or support it. They merely look for some place to show the > world their first program. No offense here, I actually think this is a > good thing. > > But isn't there any other place where we could point these people to > without giving them the impression we just want to get rid of them > because their program isn't considered "worthy" enough? I think people already tend to avoid Savannah and its very formal approval process, and host it somewhere else where the initial review is inexistant or of quick/low quality. For example it seems like google code has a ***load of very small projects - however, as a whole, they give it more visibility, and some of them grow and become more important projects that usually stay at the same host. Plus I don't think we have another place to recommend. So I think we should just accept those projects the standard way. -- Sylvain
