www/software devel.html

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       06/11/21 13:57:26

Modified files:
        software       : devel.html 

Log message:
        some updates

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/software/devel.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.18&r2=1.19

Patches:
Index: devel.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/software/devel.html,v
retrieving revision 1.18
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -b -r1.18 -r1.19
--- devel.html  31 Dec 2004 17:03:09 -0000      1.18
+++ devel.html  21 Nov 2006 13:56:54 -0000      1.19
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
 of the privileges and responsibilities of GNU maintainers, please see the
 <A HREF="/prep/maintain_toc.html">Information for GNU Maintainers</A>
 document.  (The <A HREF="/prep/standards_toc.html">GNU
-Coding Standards</A> may also be of interest.)
+Coding Standards</A> may also be of interest, and the
+<a href="/help/evaluation.html#whatmeans">overview of what it means to
+be a GNU package</a>.)
 
 <P>
 With the abundance of inexpensive computers that can run <A
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@
 created. You will be able to write into it and manage the list of
 people who have write access to it by yourself.
 <P>
-A number of projects are <a 
href="http://savannah.gnu.org/search/index.php?type_of_search=soft&words=%%%";>already
 using</a> Savannah for this purpose.
+Many projects are <a 
href="http://savannah.gnu.org/search/index.php?type_of_search=soft&words=%%%";>already
 using</a> Savannah for this purpose.
 
 
 <H4><A HREF="devel.html#TOCLoginAccounts"
@@ -105,11 +107,14 @@
 know how.
 
 <P>
-In general, each GNU software package ought to have a bug-reporting
-list with the canonical name <code>bug-<em>name</em>@gnu.org</code>,
-plus whatever other aliases may be useful.  Some packages share the
-list <code>address@hidden</code> but we now encourage packages
-to set up their own individual lists.
+In general, each GNU software package ought to have a bug-reporting list
+with the canonical name <code>bug-<em>name</em>@gnu.org</code>, plus
+whatever other aliases may be useful.  Using Savannah, you can create
+lists for your package with names like <code><em>name</em>-bug</code>;
+this is good, but please make <code>bug-<em>name</em> an alias, or ask
+for it to be done.  Some packages share the list
+<code>address@hidden</code> but we now encourage packages to set
+up their own individual lists.
 
 <P>
 Packages can have other lists for announcements, for asking for help,
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@
 
 <P>
 Mailing list archives for automatically-managed lists are available at
-<a href="http://mail.gnu.org/";>http://mail.gnu.org</a>, as well as
+<a href="http://lists.gnu.org/";>http://lists.gnu.org</a>, as well as
 through the list manager.  Archives for hand-maintained lists are
 generally kept in <code>/com/archive</code> on the GNU machines.
 
@@ -126,6 +131,7 @@
 When a mailing list becomes large enough to justify it, we can set up
 a <code>gnu.*</code> newsgroup with a two-way link to the mailing list.
 
+
 <H4><A HREF="devel.html#TOCWebServer" NAME="WebServer">Web
 Server</A></H4>
 
@@ -138,13 +144,10 @@
 
 <P>
 The machine which serves the <code>www.gnu.org</code> web pages is
-separate from the rest of the GNU machines. The web pages are stored in a CVS
-repository on <code>subversions.gnu.org</code>. Every GNU package
-maintainer registered on <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/";>Savannah</a> is
-granted write access to the <code>/software/package</code>
-directory. For an example on how to access it, <a
-href="http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group_id=2";>check the CVS page of
-the GNU mifluz package</a>.
+separate from the rest of the GNU machines. The web pages are stored in
+a CVS repository on Savannah. So, every GNU package maintainer
+registered on <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/";>Savannah</a> is granted
+write access to the <code>/software/package</code> directory.
 
 <H4><A HREF="devel.html#TOCFTP" NAME="FTP">FTP</A></H4>
 
@@ -181,14 +184,14 @@
 send other questions to
 <A HREF="mailto:address@hidden";><EM>address@hidden</EM></A>.
 <P>
-Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111,  USA
 <P>
 Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
 permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.<P>
 Updated:
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-$Date: 2004/12/31 17:03:09 $ $Author: pbrunier $
+$Date: 2006/11/21 13:56:54 $ $Author: karl $
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