[Savannah-hackers] GNU/Linux on the phpGW bug tracker

[Dave Hall]

Hi Mathieu,

I did not see this post on the phpGW lists - it was pointed out to me by
someone.

Mathieu Roy wrote:
> Browsing the phpGroupWare bug tracker for a bug related to Savannah, I
> found something strange.
>
> I, the field "platform", that people submitting bugs against 
>phpGroupWare are supposed to fill, they are prompted for
>             "Linux - Debian"
>             "Linux - Mandrake"
>             "Linux - RedHat"
>             [...]

>I'm not sure to understand how mentioning the kernel name can be
>useful in a report against a PHP application.

It is not the kernel version.  It is the distro.  As you would be aware,
each distro does things a little differently.  It makes it easy for us
to notice patterns based on distros.

> So I'm lead to assume that it is written Linux in the sense of an
> Operating System.
>
> This terminology is not supported by the GNU Project, neither does
> this terminology support the GNU Project.

It is obviously an oversight by someone.  I am not sure who or when.  

Please keep in mind, for many of our developers phpGW is the first time
they have worked on a GNU package - so there is a bit of a learning
curve.  We do try to educate our users and developers about the GNU project.

>
> Every project registered as Savannah is asked to use the terminology
> that GNU support, as a part of the deal for an almost free-as-beer
> hosting facility. However, your project seems to have been registered
> way before strict rules have been established on that topic.
>

We do try to do this.  If there are any other problems, let us know and
we will fix them as soon as time permits.

> Also, on the phpGroupWare, it mentions that phpGroupWare is part of 
> the GNU project. 

Yep and part of DotGNU.

>
> I think it would be appropriate to changes the content of the
> incriminated platform field for your bug tracker hosted at Savannah. A
> trivial modification that could help to promote GNU ideals.

Done.

Cheers

Dave Hall (aka skwashd)
API Coordinator
phpGroupWare

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