www/help evaluation.html

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       07/10/13 19:06:30

Modified files:
        help           : evaluation.html 

Log message:
        mention directory alternative, reformat nicely

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/help/evaluation.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.12&r2=1.13

Patches:
Index: evaluation.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/help/evaluation.html,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -b -r1.12 -r1.13
--- evaluation.html     26 Aug 2007 10:55:43 -0000      1.12
+++ evaluation.html     13 Oct 2007 19:06:26 -0000      1.13
@@ -14,67 +14,57 @@
 
 <h3><a name="submit" id="submit">Offering software to GNU</a></h3>
 
-<p>
-  If you have written software which you would like to offer to the GNU
-  Project, thank you very much!  This information explains how to submit
-  the package, so that we get the information needed and can evaluate it
-  as soon as possible.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-  The questionnaire below will probably take some time to complete.
-  Therefore, we've written it as preformatted text, so you can copy to
-  your system and fill it out.  When you're done, please email it to <a
-  href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>
-  (as plain text).
-</p>
-
-<p>
-  If you can't answer all the questions, or if the program does not
-  fulfill all of the items mentioned, don't worry, that does
-  <em>not</em> mean we will reject it.  It's common for a program to be
-  evaluated when it's not quite ready.  If the program is basically
-  good, but certain things are missing, we'll just point out what needs
-  to be added.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-  We can also evaluate a program at an early stage of development; but
-  in that case, we may want to judge your ability to complete the
-  program based on other projects you have already done.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-  GNU is not simply a collection of useful programs.  We started the GNU
-  Project with a specific overall goal: to create a free software
-  operating system, the GNU System.  To keep the GNU system technically
-  coherent, we make sure that the parts fit well together.  So the
-  evaluators judge programs based on how well they fit into the GNU
-  system, as well as on their quality, usability, and the other
-  characteristics you would expect.  Based on the evaluators' report,
-  Richard Stallman (the Chief GNUisance) makes the final decision on
-  whether to accept the contribution.
-</p>
+<p>If you have written software which you would like to offer to the GNU
+Project, thank you very much!  This page includes a questionnaire for
+submitting your package, so that we get the information needed and can
+evaluate it as quickly as possible.</p>
+
+<p>Please take your time filling out the questionnaire.  We've written
+it as preformatted text so you can copy to your system and fill it out
+there.  When you're done, please email it to <a
+href="mailto:address@hidden";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</a>
+(as plain text).</p>
+
+<p>If you can't answer all the questions, or if the program does not
+fulfill every item mentioned, don't worry, that does <em>not</em> mean
+we will reject it.  It's common for a program to be evaluated when it's
+not quite ready.  If the program is basically good, but certain things
+are missing, we'll just point out what needs to be added.</p>
+
+<p>We can also evaluate a program at an early stage of development; but
+in that case, we may want to judge your ability to complete the program
+based on other projects you have already done.</p>
+
+<p>GNU is not simply a collection of useful programs.  We started the
+GNU Project with a specific overall goal: to create a free software
+operating system, the GNU System.  To keep the GNU system technically
+coherent, we make sure that the parts fit well together.  So the
+evaluators judge programs based on how well they fit into the GNU
+system, as well as on their quality, usability, and the other
+characteristics you would expect.  Based on the evaluators' report,
+Richard Stallman (the Chief GNUisance) makes the final decision on
+whether to accept the contribution.</p>
+
+<p>Thus, becoming a GNU maintainer is a somewhat formal process, since
+affiliating with the GNU project as a maintainer means you must agree to
+work (within the confines of the maintenance) with the GNU project's
+mission for software freedom.</p>
+
+<p>So, in addition to the questionnaire, please read the GNU policies in
+the <a href="/prep/maintain_toc.html">Information for Maintainers of GNU
+Software</a> as well as the <a href="/prep/standards_toc.html">GNU
+Coding Standards</a>.  A <a href="#whatmeans">summary of the major
+policies</a> given below, but please also look through the full
+documents.</p>
+
+<p>If you don't wish to take the time to fill out the questionnaire and
+consider the requirements for official GNU packages, we still encourage
+you to submit it to the <a href="http://directory.fsf.org";>Free Software
+Directory</a>.  We want the Directory to cover all released free
+software packages.
 
-<p>
-  Thus, becoming a GNU maintainer is a somewhat formal process, since
-  affiliating with the GNU project as a maintainer means you must agree
-  to work (within the confines of the maintenance) with the GNU
-  project's mission for software freedom.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-  So, in addition to the questionnaire, please read the GNU policies in
-  the <a href="/prep/maintain_toc.html"
-  >Information for Maintainers of GNU Software</a> as well as the 
-  <a href="/prep/standards_toc.html">GNU Coding Standards</a>.  A
-  <a href="#whatmeans">summary of the major policies</a> given below,
-  but please also look through the full documents.
-</p>
+<p>Thanks again for your interest in GNU.</p>
 
-<p>
-  Thanks again for your interest in GNU.
-</p>
 
 <h3><a name="whatmeans" id="whatmeans">What it means for a program
 to be a GNU package</a></h3>
@@ -83,29 +73,23 @@
 be a GNU package, which also explains at a general level the
 responsibilities of a GNU maintainer.</p>
 
-<p>
-  Making a program GNU software means that its developers and the GNU
-  project agree that &#8220;This program is part of the GNU project,
-  released under the aegis of GNU&#8221;&#8212;and say so in the
-  program.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-  This means that we normally put the program on
-  <code>ftp.gnu.org</code> (although we can instead refer to your choice
-  of ftp site).
-</p>
-
-<p>
-  This means that the official site for the program should be on
-  <code>www.gnu.org</code>, specifically in 
-  <code>/software/PROGRAMNAME</code>.  Whenever you give
-  out the URL for the package home page, you would give this address.
-  It is ok to use another site for secondary topics, such as pages meant
-  for people helping develop the package, and for running data bases.
-  (We can make an exception and put the web pages somewhere else if
-  there is a really pressing reason.)
-</p>
+<p>Making a program GNU software means that its developers and the GNU
+project agree that &#8220;This program is part of the GNU project,
+released under the aegis of GNU&#8221;&#8212;and say so in the program.
+</p>
+
+<p>This means that we normally put the program on
+<code>ftp.gnu.org</code> (although we can instead refer to your choice
+of ftp site).</p>
+
+<p>This means that the official site for the program should be on
+<code>www.gnu.org</code>, specifically in
+<code>/software/PROGRAMNAME</code>.  Whenever you give out the URL for
+the package home page, you would give this address.  It is ok to use
+another site for secondary topics, such as pages meant for people
+helping develop the package, and for running data bases.  (We can make
+an exception and put the web pages somewhere else if there is a really
+pressing reason.)</p>
 
 <p>It means that the developers agree to pay attention to making the
 program work well with the rest of the GNU system--and conversely that
@@ -202,10 +186,10 @@
 
 ** Configuration &amp; compilation:
     It might or might not use Autoconf/Automake, but it should meet GNU
-    Standards.  Even packages which are written in interpreted
-    languages and thus do not require compilation, such as Perl, Python,
-    and PHP, should follow these standards, because it gives installers a
-    uniform way to set installation directories, etc.  Please see: 
+    Standards.  Even packages which are written in interpreted languages
+    and thus do not require compilation, such as Perl, Python, and PHP,
+    should follow these standards, so installers have a uniform way to
+    set installation directories, etc.  Please see:
     http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Configuration.html
     http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Makefile-Conventions.html
 
@@ -321,7 +305,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/08/26 10:55:43 $
+$Date: 2007/10/13 19:06:26 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>