On Sat, Sep 09, 2023 at 02:37:30PM -0600, Karl Berry wrote: > As of two days ago, every cvs update, with or without -q, inflicts this > "helpful" message on me: > > sv_membersh is part of Savane. > In order to download the corresponding source code of Savane, run > > rsync -avz --cvs-exclude k...@cvs.savannah.nongnu.org:/opt/src/savane . > > Can this please be changed back to silence? It is absurdly verbose to > see this report about an internal script on every update. A user doing > an update is not running sv_membersh.
The message comes from sv_membersh itself; it runs when the user authenticates with SSH, as a direct outcome; its license is AGPLv3+, with the relevant clause saying, "...your modified version must prominently offer all users interacting with it remotely... an opportunity to receive the Corresponding Source of your version." I believe users who authenticate do interact with sv_membersh in a way analogous to the frontend PHP code invoked through Apache. Do I misinterpret anything?
