[Savannah-hackers] Re: GNU Savannah migration from Savannah (the Software) to GForge - Why?!

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hello Paul, Jim and Bradley,

Could you answer my two questions?

--
Sylvain


On 2004.04.14 00:51, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would really like to understand the migration decision. We almost
> lost a volunteer because of this opacity.
>
> We now know Savannah|Savane is well maintained and not unsecure. Is
> the decision to migrate maintained considering this? Also, should the
> Savannah hackers be involved in this kind of decision?
>
> --
> Sylvain
>
> PS: Richard, I wish you a full recovery for your imminent speech in
> France
>
> On 2004.04.11 04:34, Richard Stallman wrote:
> > I'd like people to understand that we are not still considering the
> > question.  It is a final decision to switch to Gforge.
> >
> > I will give a brief explanation.  We cannot continue using the
> > Savannah software because we have no one to maintain it properly.
> > GForge is maintained seriously.  Therefore we will switch to GForge.
> >
> > I don't have time to discuss this further.  I am in the hospital and
> > falling behind on my other work.

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Richard Stallman wrote:
>     We now know Savannah|Savane is well maintained and not unsecure.
>
> Our sysadmins reached a different conclusion; I am following their
> judgment in saying that Savane is not maintained securely in a way
> that we can use.
>
> I don't have time to try to study the code myself, nor time to learn
> the background knowledge our sysadmins already have.  I will rely on
> their judgment.
>
> My arm (which was broken, and had surgery) got infected.  I got out  
> of the hospital Monday and left for a 6-week trip in Europe on  
> Tuesday.
> I am far behind, so please don't ask me to spend any more time on  
> this.

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