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Mathieu Roy |
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[Savannah-hackers] Re: [Richard Stallman <address@hidden>] Re: Maintainer needed for Findutils |
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20 May 2003 08:43:43 +0200 |
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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
> http://www.gnu.org/software/PROGRAMNAME whenever you give out the URL
> 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
> http://www.gnu.org/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html. You can send the
> 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
> www.gnu.org. Using Savannah will also help the GNU Project in other
> 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
> mention it here. Your entry can include a link to your home page
> provided it fits our usual criteria for what we link to.
>
> 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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