[Savannah-hackers-public] Re: Projects that mistakenly chose the Savannah "GNU" project type

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

Any progress on the webpage with the GNU Eval form?

-- 
Sylvain

On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 02:50:25PM -0400, Karl Berry wrote:
> Hi Sylvain,
> 
>     It would be good to make the project type help text (very) short, with
>     a link to a www.gnu.org page that discusses "becoming GNU" in detail,
>     including what is mentioned in both the FAQ entry and the current
>     explanation text.
> 
> I agree.
> 
>     I think it would be good indeed if we could point to an official
>     location that can be updated by GNU Eval / the GNU webmasters if need
> 
> Yes.  I will work on making such a web page.
> 
>     A simpler solution would be that we directly send the user to
>     questionnaire, telling them to send it to address@hidden
> 
> Were you thinking to email them the actual questionnaire, or give them a
> link to a web page where they can get it?  Either way works, I guess.
> 
> In some ways I kind of prefer just giving them a link -- if they are not
> motivated enough to follow a link and read a web page, there's little
> point in expending evaluation time on them.  By sending them email, I
> have the impression that some people get the idea that we're actively
> pursuing them.
> 
>     Both solutions requires that we can access an up-to-date version of
>     the questionnaire
> 
> I'll put the questionnaire on the web too.  Changes are quite
> infrequent, FYI.
> 
>     That way it will require an action from the user to actually start
>     the evaluation process.
> 
> I like it.
> 
>     Is there any advantage in setting up a CGI instead?
> 
> Not that I can think of.  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> karl

-- 
Sylvain