[Savannah-hackers] Re: [Richard Stallman <address@hidden>] Re: Maintainer needed for Findutils

[Mathieu Roy]

Done.


James Youngman <address@hidden> said:

> Hi there.  
> 
> As you'll see below, I've recently been appinted as maintainer of GNU
> findutils.  I've emailed Kevin Dalley asking him to add me as a
> project administrator of the findutils project.  However, susequent
> emails from third parties have convinced me that Kevin is likely to be
> too busy to do anything about that in the near future.  Therefore
> please could you add me as a project administrator for the project
> (please do *not* remove Kevin, however).  Please see the attached
> email from RMS regarding my appointment.
> 
> Many thanks, 
> James Youngman.
> 
> 
> 
> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Maintainer needed for Findutils
> To: James Youngman <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 08:23:23 -0400
> Reply-To: address@hidden
> Xref: orbital mail.gnu.findutils:1
> 
> I've decided to accept your offer.
> 
> I hereby appoint you as the new maintainer of findutils
> Please notify me if ever you wish to step down.
> 
> The new-gnu people will mail you a file, maintain.text, which
> describes a lot of procedures for GNU maintainers.  The file also
> describes who you can ask for various kinds of support or advice.  If
> you encounter a situation where it isn't clear what to do, you can
> also ask address@hidden, which is a list of a few other GNU
> maintainers who have offered to answer questions for new maintainers.
> 
> They will also add you to the gnu-prog mailing list, a moderated list
> for announcements to GNU maintainers.  They will also add you to the
> gnu-prog-disc list, which can be used for discussion among GNU
> maintainers, but whether to stay on the list is up to you.
> 
> If ftp.gnu.org is the distribution site, please tell
> address@hidden when you have a version to release.  If you need,
> we can make an acct for you on ftp.gnu.org so you can install new
> versions.
> 
> If the distribution site is not now ftp.gnu.org, we can move it there
> if you wish.  We invite you to put the CVS repository on
> subversions.gnu.org, but it is ok to use another site if you prefer.
> 
> Please write or update the web pages about the program, to put in
> http://www.gnu.org/software/PROGRAMNAME.  These pages should be the
> main web site for the program, and they should really have the
> information for users, not just a link to another site; please use
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> for the home page of the program.  Please don't set up a "site for the
> program" anywhere else--if you want to do work on additional web pages
> about the program, please put them on www.gnu.org.
> 
> (It is ok to put pages that address developers-only topics on another
> site, and likewise for pages that access databases.)
> 
> In writing the web pages, please follow the style guidelines in
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> pages to address@hidden when you are done, or you can use Savannah
> to install and edit them directly.
> 
> We invite you to use Savannah as the CVS repository both the program
> and its web pages.  This makes it easy to update the web pages, since
> whatever you install through CVS will automatically appear on
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> ways.  To set this up, visit http://savannah.gnu.org/.
> 
> Please also write an entry or a change for the page
> http://www.gnu.org/people/people.html, and mail that to
> address@hidden also.  Note that we don't want to talk about
> proprietary software, so if you have worked on any, please don't
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> 
> Please make sure that the program has an up-to-date entry in our Free
> Software Directory.  Contact address@hidden for more info about this.
> 
> Please talk with address@hidden about creating the mailing lists that
> you need.  There should be at least one, address@hidden, for
> reporting bugs.  Please tell them whether you would like this list to
> be open to the public or just an alias going to whoever you choose.
> Also please say whether you would like to have a public archive of the
> list.
> 
> If there are a few alternative names that might be natural for users
> to use, let's make all the aliases that might be useful.  If you want
> these lists to be aliases for lists on your site, that is ok; ask
> new-gnu to set them up that way.
> 
> Some GNU programs have another mailing list, address@hidden,
> for people to ask other users for help.  And some programs have a list
> address@hidden for sending announcements to the users.  (These
> are often moderated.)  Please think about whether such lists are
> appropriate for this program; please ask for them if you want them.
> 
> When you make a release, please mail an announcement to
> address@hidden about the existence of the program.  Include a brief
> description of the program so people can tell whether they are
> interested in using it.  The announcement should mention the web pages
> on www.gnu.org, and say where to get the program by ftp.
> 
> new-gnu people, could you please enter James Youngman in
> gnuorg/maintainers for findutils?  Also add him to the gnu-prog lists,
> if he is not on them already, and send him a copy of maintain.text.
> 
> ----------
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> James Youngman
> Manchester, UK.  
> 
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