Re: Cfengine sources

[Christian Pearce]

Here is where I read about it:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/13/150253&mode=thread&tid=117&tid=99

I know I don't normally read slashdot.  I just check it from the porlet I have 
everyonce in a while.

Here it is from the horses mouth:

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/savannah-hackers/2004-04/msg00182.html


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Christian Pearce
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On Apr 14, 2004, John Sechrest wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> If savannah is going away, then we should plan an orderly converstion
> to another site. Gforge or sourceforge can work.
> 
> but I would like to get confirmation and validation about the 
> savannah changes. Anyone got a link to a notice?
> 
>    
> 
> 
> Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no writes:
> 
>  % 
>  % Sure - make it public, if we are keeping Savannah. If we're not ...
>  % 
>  % M
>  % 
>  % On 14 Apr, John Sechrest wrote:
>  % > 
>  % > 
>  % > Clearly, I have missed something. When I go to 
>  % > 
>  % > https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=cfengine
>  % > 
>  % > I see three lists...
>  % > 
>  % > 
>  % > Ahhh. I see. The cfengine-develop mail list is marked private.
>  % > 
>  % > Shall I make it public?
>  % > 
>  % > 
>  % > 
>  % > 
>  % > 
>  % > Chip Seraphine <chip@trdlnk.com> writes:
>  % > 
>  % >  % Eh?  When clicking on the"mailing lists"  link, all I see are good 
> ol' 
>  % >  % bugs-cfengine and help-cfengine.  (Or are you talking about "bugs"?)
>  % >  % 
>  % >  % On Wednesday 14 April 2004 08:56, Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no wrote:
>  % >  % > 
>  % >  % > There is such a list on the GNU Savannah site. No one uses it.
>  % >  % > M
>  % >  % > 
>  % >  % > On 14 Apr, Chip Seraphine wrote:
>  % >  % > > 
>  % >  % > > A good first step might  be to either create a "cfengine-devel" 
> list (or, 
>  % >  % to 
>  % >  % > > be really trendy, you could call it "cfengine-hackers" [*cough*]) 
> for 
>  % >  % > > discussion of features and ports and bugfixes and such (or would 
> solutions 
>  % >  % to 
>  % >  % > > bugs be discussed on the bugs list?).  This might help build the 
>  % >  % development 
>  % >  % > > community you are looking for.... besides, if cfengine is going 
> to the 
>  % >  % > > traditional Open Source priveleged-group-that-has-commit-access 
> route, a 
>  % >  % > > mailing list will be needed for them (unless we want to overload 
> -help or 
>  % >  % > > -bugs) anyway.  
>  % >  % > > 
>  % >  % > > 
>  % >  % > > On Monday 12 April 2004 06:36, Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no wrote:
>  % >  % > >> 
>  % >  % > >> Thank you, that is very kind. I would like to ave a technical
>  % >  % > >> workshop at some point to discuss development. I have tried
>  % >  % > >> to keep together a group whom I trust for a while but we have 
> been
>  % >  % > >> unlukcy with people changing jobs etc.
>  % >  % > >> 
>  % >  % > >> M
>  % >  % > >> 
>  % >  % > >> On 12 Apr, Kurt Lieber wrote:
>  % >  % > >> > On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 01:19:51PM +0200 or thereabouts, 
>  % >  % > > Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no wrote:
>  % >  % > >> >> Don't worry, I will never abandon cfengine without replacing 
> it
>  % >  % > >> >> with something better. However, my direct involvement in
>  % >  % > >> >> changes can no longer go beyond core activities and I hope
>  % >  % > >> >> that the final of these issues will be resolved i the next
>  % >  % > >> >> major release.
>  % >  % > >> > 
>  % >  % > >> > OK, that's good to hear. :)
>  % >  % > >> > 
>  % >  % > >> >> I need to have tight control over development until the these
>  % >  % > >> >> are fully implemented. After that, it will be easier for
>  % >  % > >> >> others to contribute more freely (of course this does not mean
>  % >  % > >> >> that they will...).
>  % >  % > >> > 
>  % >  % > >> > Gentoo Linux relies on cfengine heavily for its 
> infrastructure.  If/
>  % >  % when 
>  % >  % > > it
>  % >  % > >> > comes to the point where you'd like to seek outside help, we'd 
> be happy 
>  % >  % to
>  % >  % > >> > help with recruiting and publicity.  In fact, if there's 
> anything we 
>  % >  % can 
>  % >  % > > do
>  % >  % > >> > to help, let me know and I'm happy to do what we can.
>  % >  % > >> > 
>  % >  % > >> > --kurt
>  % >  % > >> 
>  % >  % > >> 
>  % >  % > >> 
>  % >  % > >> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  % >  % > >> Work: +47 22453272            Email:  Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no
>  % >  % > >> Fax : +47 22453205            WWW  :  http://www.iu.hio.no/~mark
>  % >  % > >> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  % >  % > >> 
>  % >  % > >> 
>  % >  % > >> 
>  % >  % > >> _______________________________________________
>  % >  % > >> Help-cfengine mailing list
>  % >  % > >> Help-cfengine@gnu.org
>  % >  % > >> http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
>  % >  % > >> 
>  % >  % > 
>  % >  % > 
>  % >  % > 
>  % >  % > 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  % >  % > Work: +47 22453272            Email:  Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no
>  % >  % > Fax : +47 22453205            WWW  :  http://www.iu.hio.no/~mark
>  % >  % > 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  % >  % > 
>  % >  % 
>  % >  % 
>  % >  % 
>  % >  % _______________________________________________
>  % >  % Help-cfengine mailing list
>  % >  % Help-cfengine@gnu.org
>  % >  % http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
>  % > 
>  % > -----
>  % > John Sechrest          .         Helping people use
>  % >                         .           computers and the Internet
>  % >                           .            more effectively
>  % >                              .                      
>  % >                                  .       Internet: sechrest@peak.org
>  % >                                       .   
>  % >                                               . 
> http://www.peak.org/~sechrest
>  % 
>  % 
>  % 
>  % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  % Work: +47 22453272            Email:  Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no
>  % Fax : +47 22453205            WWW  :  http://www.iu.hio.no/~mark
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> -----
> John Sechrest          .         Helping people use
>                         .           computers and the Internet
>                           .            more effectively
>                              .                      
>                                  .       Internet: sechrest@peak.org
>                                       .   
>                                               . http://www.peak.org/~sechrest
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