[Savannah-cvs] administration/docs/hacking_savannah hacking_sa...

[Sylvain Beucler]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/administration
Module name:    administration
Branch:         
Changes by:     Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden>        04/10/29 23:14:23

Modified files:
        docs/hacking_savannah: hacking_savannah.texi 

Log message:
        Added section about the Savane admin's role limits and about having 
webmasters notified when a translation team gets a project at Savannah

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/administration/administration/docs/hacking_savannah/hacking_savannah.texi.diff?tr1=1.62&tr2=1.63&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: administration/docs/hacking_savannah/hacking_savannah.texi
diff -u administration/docs/hacking_savannah/hacking_savannah.texi:1.62 
administration/docs/hacking_savannah/hacking_savannah.texi:1.63
--- administration/docs/hacking_savannah/hacking_savannah.texi:1.62     Fri Oct 
29 22:08:39 2004
+++ administration/docs/hacking_savannah/hacking_savannah.texi  Fri Oct 29 
23:14:23 2004
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 \input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-
address@hidden $Id: hacking_savannah.texi,v 1.62 2004/10/29 22:08:39 Beuc Exp $
address@hidden $Id: hacking_savannah.texi,v 1.63 2004/10/29 23:14:23 Beuc Exp $
 @comment %**start of header
 @setfilename hacking_savannah.info
 @include version.texi
@@ -1822,6 +1822,7 @@
 * new root /etc/group's::       
 * Uncommited local changes to Savannah's repository::  
 * Web Server Syndication::      
+* Savane admin's limits::       
 @end menu
 
 @node sshd_config, new root /etc/group's, Some quirks, Some quirks
@@ -1895,7 +1896,7 @@
 Elfyn plans to make a temporary patchset and upgrade to Savane, Really Soon 
(tm).
 
 
address@hidden Web Server Syndication,  , Uncommited local changes to 
Savannah's repository, Some quirks
address@hidden Web Server Syndication, Savane admin's limits, Uncommited local 
changes to Savannah's repository, Some quirks
 @section Web Server Syndication
 
 Content for pages on www.gnu.org and www.nongnu.org is controlled by
@@ -1945,6 +1946,22 @@
 
 I am note sure on what he meant by @emph{server restart required}.
 
address@hidden Savane admin's limits,  , Web Server Syndication, Some quirks
address@hidden Savane admin's limits
+
+I never modify settings directly unless the project admin and I agree
+that I do so. I just dislike using root privileges that way and I
+don't want users to feel I can modify their project without asking
+them first.
+
+That's ok except when this is dealing with something that is wrong at
+Savannah (such as old default settings from the 'Active Features'
+page, that were then copied into the custom value for that field when
+the admin changed another field, and hence became out-of-sync). A
+notification never hurts anyway.
+
+[TODO: sleep and rewrite this so that somebody else could understand
+it]
 
 @node Projects approval, Terminology, Some quirks, Top
 @chapter Projects approval
@@ -1966,6 +1983,7 @@
 * The current situation::       
 * Approval Criteria::           
 * GNU projects::                
+* GNU web-only projects::       
 * Rudy's Little HOWTO::         
 * Mathieu's Little HOWTO::      
 * New volunteers::              
@@ -2483,7 +2501,7 @@
 @uref{https://mail.gna.org/@/public/@/project/@/2004-05/@/msg00001.html}
 
 
address@hidden GNU projects, Rudy's Little HOWTO, Approval Criteria, Projects 
approval
address@hidden GNU projects, GNU web-only projects, Approval Criteria, Projects 
approval
 @section GNU projects
 
 We do not accept GNU projects directly. If a project mention the 'GNU'
@@ -2522,7 +2540,19 @@
 If you can't find it in there, you can use the link to ask
 maintainers@@gnu if it is a gnu package.
 
address@hidden Rudy's Little HOWTO, Mathieu's Little HOWTO, GNU projects, 
Projects approval
+
+
address@hidden GNU web-only projects, Rudy's Little HOWTO, GNU projects, 
Projects approval
address@hidden www.gnu.org translation projects
+
+Translation projects should reside on Savannah as their own projects
+
+If a translation team has a project page on Savannah, the webmasters
+should be notified so that they can update the translation README page
+with links.
+
+
address@hidden Rudy's Little HOWTO, Mathieu's Little HOWTO, GNU web-only 
projects, Projects approval
 @section Rudy's Little HOWTO
 
 This HOWTO is being merged within the chapter.