Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] requirements page

[Assaf Gordon]

Hello,

Thank you for continuing this discussion.

On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 09:30:18PM -0800, Ivan Zaigralin wrote:
> https://savannah.gnu.org/register/requirements.php 
> https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/HowToGetYourProjectApprovedQuickly/
[...]
> (3) Nothing currently listed in the two pages cited above can be interpreted
> as a clear statement of the standing policy.

Shortly after you raised the issue, the two pages have been updated
to include such wording (briefly in 'requirements.php' and longer in 
'HowToGetYourProjectApprovedQuickly').

Please visit them and make suggestions if needed.

> (4) In line with the ideas stated above, I'd like to suggest adding the
> following paragraph to the bottom of the page
>
> https://savannah.gnu.org/register/requirements.php
>
> <h3>Other Requirements</h3>
>
> <p>Savannah is a non-commercial, volunteer-powered project with
> extremely limited computational resources (such as disk
> space). Reviewers can exercise judgment, and are not required to
> accept every project submission that meets the objective technical
> requirements listed on this page.</p>
>
> Optionally, the previous paragraph can be extended to provide more specific
> guidelines, if the Savannah team deems this to be helpful for the potential
> submitters:
>
> <p>A judgment call can be made with respect to how generally useful the
> program is, how simplistic it is, whether it is a one-time experiment,
> etc.</p>

We've added something a bit more concise. The 'requirements.php' page
needs to be short and succinct. The 'HowToGetYourProjectApprovedQuickly'
is where we can elaborate more freely.

But again, if you have suggestions for improvements, please do send 
them.


> Optionally, some references can be given to further elucidate the policy.

The best way to start is to clone the wiki, make improvements and send a
patch to this mailing list. This will make it easier to discuss concrete
changes. To get started, please see the "One-off contributions" in
https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/HowToAdminThisWiki/ .

regards,
- assaf