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> > BTW, the right list for this is gnu-prog-discuss.
> gnu-prog-discuss is a
Richard Stallman writes:
BTW, the right list for this is gnu-prog-discuss.
gnu-prog-discuss is a private list though:
https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-prog-discuss>:
This list is an internal list to the GNU project. Only active
GNU programmers and maintainers may join.
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Forgot a disclaimer that this is my personal opinion, just in case
:)
Yuchen Pei writes:
Greg Farough writes:
On Mon, Oct 25 2021, Po Lu wrote:
"Alfred M. Szmidt" writes:
I was asking for a clarification of GNU project policy.
As I mentioned earlier,
Greg Farough writes:
On Mon, Oct 25 2021, Po Lu wrote:
"Alfred M. Szmidt" writes:
I was asking for a clarification of GNU project policy.
As I mentioned earlier,
https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html
lists GitHub as unacceptable for hosting of GNU
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It's not good that they use GitHub. We do evaluate GitHub as bad, see
These are your personal opinions, and have nothing to do with how GNU
maintainers decide what to do with how they work.
* Alfred M. Szmidt [2021-10-27 09:29]:
> A release is a release, how it is distributed doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter if the release version is designated as such. For
example, if somebody tells me to checkout stable version of Emacs,
considered "release", by using specific git command, that
A release is a release, how it is distributed doesn't matter.
In the GNU project we prefer, but do not mandate, that people put
release tar-balls on ftp.gnu.org or equivalent, it it makes sense to
not to and only provide something via Git, CVS, or what have you that
is also OK.
* Po Lu [2021-10-25 13:39]:
> Jean Louis writes:
>
> > But for developers and other contributors it may matter as maybe they
> > need to run some non-free javascript, I would not know.
>
> This is the problem I'm referring to.
That problem is rather in development.
As I said, releases are on
On Mon, Oct 25 2021, Po Lu wrote:
> "Alfred M. Szmidt" writes:
>
>>I was asking for a clarification of GNU project policy.
>>
>>As I mentioned earlier,
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html
>>lists GitHub as unacceptable for hosting of GNU software.
>>
>>
>I was asking for a clarification of GNU project policy.
>
>As I mentioned earlier,
https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html
>lists GitHub as unacceptable for hosting of GNU software.
>
> That is your answer, what is there else to clarify?
Well,
* Po Lu [2021-10-25 08:07]:
> Jean Louis writes:
>
> > I do not see that as problem as they contribute free software to GNU
> > project.
> >
> > If they use some online proprietary software, that is their
> > decision. People may also use proprietary software on their computer
> > and be in
I was asking for a clarification of GNU project policy.
As I mentioned earlier,
https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html
lists GitHub as unacceptable for hosting of GNU software.
That is your answer, what is there else to clarify?
Jean Louis writes:
> I do not see that as problem as they contribute free software to GNU
> project.
>
> If they use some online proprietary software, that is their
> decision. People may also use proprietary software on their computer
> and be in proprietary operating system and create free
* Po Lu [2021-10-25 00:36]:
> GitHub is listed on https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria.html as
> "Unacceptable". And not only does it require me to run unacceptable
> software in order to use it, but performs much less admirably for me
> than Savannah. (70 KB/s downlink, anyone?)
I do
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