[Savannah-hackers-public] leaving admin group

2010-08-08 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hi Savannah-Admins, it's been a while since I reviewed project submissions for Savannah now and I don't know when I will find the time to rejoin. Hence I've decided to withdraw from the administration group. Best regards, Sebastian

[Savannah-hackers-public] Re: Sebastian Gerhardt quitted the project Savannah Administration

2010-08-08 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
) of project Savannah Administration that Sebastian Gerhardt sgerhardt has chosen to remove him/herself from the project. ___ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Help need in Savannah

2010-03-23 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hi, as far as I am concerned, the project is licensed in agreement with Savannah's requirements. The only blocking issue I see is the link to the QCAD website in the README, where the proprietary version is advertised. It was my understanding that it was to the maintainer's turn to fix it in

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Bad approved projects

2010-01-10 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 15:45 -0600, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: Ok, then when I find an abandoned and empty project I mail the mantainer CC to savannah-hackers to inform the project is to be deleted and then I delete it?. Maybe give the maintainer some time to react, like 2 weeks. However

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Bad approved projects

2010-01-09 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hi, On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 18:28 -0600, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: Project boswars (stratagus-bos) uses savannah only for the tracker as SVN and releases repository are outside, calls the operating system Linux, is GNU GPL 2 only, haven't the appropiate licencing information, etc... Is a

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Port of Linux is free?

2009-12-09 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Regarding to the project description, it is (SYSTEM_PROFILER=y). But I have been mistaken in that this option is in the mainline kernel. Instead you need to get a special flavour (port) or patch the kernel sources first. Google for Axis Communications CRIS ports and you will find the needed

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Port of Linux is free?

2009-12-08 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hi, as far as I understand this, he means that the kernel has to be compiled with a special option activated. He is only aware of one distributor who ships a kernel which is configured with this option per default. But every decent GNU/Linux distribution, including GnuSense, gives you the means

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Documentating hosting requirements

2009-12-03 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hi Nicodemo, I think you did a great job here. My suggestions are: Free software is not a proper noun and should not be capitalized. I always thought of Free Software as a label, kind of a trademark. Therefore I personally will continue to capitalize it but I won't argue with native speakers

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Rule sugesstion: Log in before posting.

2009-12-03 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
In my opinion, making it a general requirement would be a bit too much. I haven't seen it happen quite as often as you have. What is more, I don't see hostile parties exploiting this to cause harm on a regular basis ;) But I agree we could recommend to the user to always log in and use the

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Documentating hosting requirements

2009-11-27 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 10:21 +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote: What I am hoping for is something that the reviewer can more easily refer to. In order to fix it in my strategy, that page needs to be precise, restructured, and simplified. So the document I sent was intended to help fix it. The

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] or any later clause mandatory?

2009-11-23 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Me too. Two checkboxes like this: [] I read and agree to all hosting requirements [link]. [] I understand my project will not be approved until all requirements are met This is similar to the current last checkbox. We can then strip most of the other checkboxes, as they are included into your

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] or any later clause mandatory?

2009-11-01 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 18:29 -0500, Karl Berry wrote: It also leads to http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/HowToGetYourProjectApprovedQuickly. which although is explicitly not the hosting policy, is more detailed and useful than the actual policy for submitters, it seems to me. I've never

[Savannah-hackers-public] or any later clause mandatory?

2009-10-28 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hi, some days ago an applicant complained about being asked to relicense with the or any later clause added to the GPL, while he didn't find this requirement on Savannah's website. I've always had the impression this was mandatory. But I also couldn't find it on the requirement checklist. If

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] or any later clause mandatory?

2009-10-28 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 16:40 -0500, Karl Berry wrote: But I also couldn't find it on the requirement checklist. There are several checklists and summaries and statements. Which one(s) were you looking at? Urls please. I was talking about the checklist on:

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Review of overkill: https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?9812

2009-10-27 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
The Other Sofrware Required section says: some libc, I'd prefer the GNU C Library To run it under X (optional): libX11, license: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/tree/COPYING optionally libXpm, license: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXpm/tree/COPYING Compile time only

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] registration aviation data - long lines of numbers

2009-10-14 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hi Nico, I stumbled across that as well. The 10 line rule is, I strongly assume, just a rule of thumb to give maintainers and admins a vague idea. So it is clear that the maintainer can't cutting corners by leaving out the line breaks in a big file ;) However we should ask the author what

[Savannah-hackers-public] [task #9657] Two git repositories for maposmatic

2009-09-01 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Update of task #9657 (project administration): Priority: 5 - Normal = 6 Status:None = Need Admin ___ Follow-up Comment #1: Hi, this

[Savannah-hackers-public] [task #9657] Two git repositories for maposmatic

2009-09-01 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Follow-up Comment #2, task #9657 (project administration): Oh, strange thing. I got this tracker item even when it got filed onto Savannah Hackers, which is correct. I didn't know I would receive items from this tracker too, so I assumed it was filed onto Project Submissions. So please ignore

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] * See wiki * is not clear

2009-08-28 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hi Nicodemo, I agree, it's currently frustrating both for the admins (pointing out same issues again and again) and the users (waiting very long and don't know why). I am going to compile a page where all our customary requirements are listed in one single list. Then we can remove the other

[Savannah-hackers-public] [task #9503] SVN - Hg conversion takes long time for Web browsing of the repository

2009-06-22 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Update of task #9503 (project administration): Status:None = Cancelled Open/Closed:Open = Closed ___ Reply to this item at:

[Savannah-hackers-public] Re: Stop deleting the CC

2009-06-05 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello, On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 12:23 -0400, Nicodemo Alvaro wrote: I am not sure who is deleting CC's from the project registration task requests, but whoever it is stop! It was me. I see no reason in trying to save any of us or the applicant from reading another e-mail. Ok. I won't delete

[Savannah-hackers-public] Need info from fencepost

2009-06-03 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello, can anyone please confirm or refute that this project has been a GNU package. https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?9365 Thank you. Sebastian

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Modifying Savannah website

2009-05-13 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 10:44 +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote: This one is here: http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/administration/content/gnu-content/register/?root=administration Great, I will merge the other requirements with this page. a) The project will be denied approval until all

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Modifying Savannah website

2009-05-11 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 17:47 +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote: On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 01:48:14PM +0200, Sebastian Gerhardt wrote: Hello, how can I edit the text on this webpage? https://savannah.gnu.org/register/ Is there some option to edit it from within the browser like in a Wiki

[Savannah-hackers-public] Modifying Savannah website

2009-05-09 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello, how can I edit the text on this webpage? https://savannah.gnu.org/register/ Is there some option to edit it from within the browser like in a Wiki or do I have to join the Savane clean-up project team for this? Regards Sebastian

[Savannah-hackers-public] Editing task tracker texts

2009-04-05 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hi, I can't find any options to change the text of Savannah task tracker items afterwards. How can I fix typos and such? Regards Sebastian

[Savannah-hackers-public] [task #3443] Disable requests for inclusion

2009-04-05 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Update of task #3443 (project administration): Category:None = System ___ Reply to this item at: http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?3443 ___

[Savannah-hackers-public] [task #3495] Reassigned item: Reassigned item: skills to add

2009-03-16 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Update of task #3495 (project administration): Should Start On: = Mon 16 Mar 2009 12:00:00 AM GMT Should be Finished on: = Mon 16 Mar 2009 12:00:00 AM GMT Category:None = System

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] How to decide?

2009-03-15 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
I agree. I will try to deliver our concerns to the maintainer during the review process. On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 08:57 +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote: Usually, portable programs rely on an external library that provides this whole GUI backend. For example the GNU FreeDink relies on the SDL

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] How to decide?

2009-03-14 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hi Karl, On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 16:50 -0500, Karl Berry wrote: Do we really want code explicitly supporting a nonfree library (and only that library) hosted on savannah? That just seems wrong. Or am I not understanding that correctly? It is not only that library. The developer himself

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Re: [Savannah-register-public] [task #9048] Submission of Mudlet

2009-01-27 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 16:01 -0500, Ted Smith wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 19:19 +0100, Sebastian Gerhardt wrote: On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 10:36 -0500, Ted Smith wrote: It also seems that Mudlet builds on Windows, and that a lot of development takes place with Windows as a target. Could

[Savannah-hackers-public] Project creation triggered twice

2009-01-20 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello, I didn't know the trigger project creation-link and the scredriver-icon both do the same. So I clicked both of them and therefore have triggered the project creation of https://savannah.nongnu.org/siteadmin/groupedit.php?group_id=10126 twice. Sorry, I hope it doesn't break anything.

[Savannah-hackers-public] Conditions for approving GNU project submissions

2009-01-15 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hi, the documentation for the admins says we should check whether a package has been listed on some fencepost list, before we approve a GNU package on Savannah. Is this a synonym for these I dub this project a GNU package mails from Richard, or are there further conditions? Sebastian

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Approving projects

2008-12-26 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello, there is also http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html This link is more detailed, especially on the subject of copyright. Even though it is only mandatory for official GNU projects, it is a good guide for Non-GNU too. (And you can send the link to the appropriate subsections to the

[Savannah-hackers-public] Please check if this submission has been approved

2008-12-24 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello, I made a mistake and assigned a project ready for approval to Approved Projects to be reviewed. Now I don't know whether it has been approved by an admin or will be overlooked. Some administrator please be so kind as to approve https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?8884 manually in case it isn't

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] projects needing admin

2008-12-23 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Ok. Thanks for the info. On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 22:25 -0500, Nicodemo Alvaro wrote: On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Karl Berry k...@freefriends.org wrote: Category: Project Approval = Approved Projects to be Reviewed Sebastian -- I think it's better to change the status to need

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Copyrights.

2008-12-20 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello, On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 23:39 -0500, Nicodemo Alvaro wrote: sayphi ;; (C) Copyright 2006, 2008 ;; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ;; Planning Learning Group (PLG) ... After the license notice ;; Author: Tomas de la Rosa ;; Description: SAYPHI lisp loader ;; Date:

[Savannah-hackers-public] Savannah's position on Java implementations

2008-12-20 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello, I know there was some objection to recommend Java projects which rely on the original Sun implementation. But it seems as if there has been a lot of movement in this area lately. Can anyone brief me on the current requirements for Savannah hosting? For example, what would be the decision

[Savannah-hackers-public] Project review

2008-12-17 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello, I have reviewed the submitted project Blackherd and suggest to approve it. --- Project name: Blackherd https://savannah.gnu.org/task/index.php?8925 Licensing: The complete project is licensed GPL compatible. (OK) A copy of the

[Savannah-hackers-public] Project review

2008-12-16 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello, here is another project that I deem has resolved all issues and should be ready for approval --- Project name: waudiocd https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?8911 Licensing: The complete project is licensed GPL compatible. (OK) A copy

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Supporting project review

2008-12-15 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
The maintainer has dutifully resolved all reported issues in a timely manner. Therefore, I recommend his project for soon approval now. https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?8890 (Except that there is a oversight with double manual files, one of which missing the license. But this can be mentioned

[Savannah-hackers-public] A project submission review

2008-12-11 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello, this is a project review for the project libtermui. --- Project name: libtermui https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?8890 Licensing: The complete project is licensed GPL compatible. (OK) A copy of the verbatim license is included.

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] A project submission review

2008-12-11 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
I have made a mistake and posted a link to the wrong project. The correct one is: https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?8912 Sorry

Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] A project submission review

2008-12-11 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello Sylvain, You can post an answer with the suggestions you noted, stating that an admin will approve the project asap. I have just told him so. https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?8912 Regards Sebastian

[Savannah-hackers-public] Supporting project review

2008-12-10 Thread Sebastian Gerhardt
Hello, this is a supporting project review written in the hope that it may ease your task a little. -- Project name: rand https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?8890 Description: Intelligible. (OK) Dependencies: Neither