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Re: [Savannah-hackers] Bug?
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Loic Dachary |
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Re: [Savannah-hackers] Bug? |
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Mon, 19 Nov 2001 23:49:14 +0100 |
Jamshed Kakar writes:
> Hi,
>
> > Since the page now works, I assume you found why it was happening.
> > Thanks for the feedback anywa.
> >
> > > I just tried to look at the "Project Home Page" for GNU Circuit
> > > Analysis Package and got a "Forbidden - You don't have permission..."
> > > message. The forbidden URL is: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnucap/.
>
> I actually haven't done anything to fix the problem nor do I know why
> it was happening. It could be that I happened to look at the page
> during a transition phase and that whatever process fixed the problem
> ran between my message and your check...
>
> The question now seems to be: is this acceptable? In the case that
> there's a lag between a project being setup and it's associated home
> page being setup shouldn't there be some kind of interim message
> telling users that the project's home page hasn't been setup yet?
> Sourceforge seems to do this which makes me wonder why savannah
> doesn't as I can't see such a feature ever being removed (on
> purpose)...
>
> Anyway, just thought I'd point it out. Also, I have a second
> question: is savannah-hackers a public list? ie: I've often had
It is. You can check the archives if you want. Subscribing
might not be the best idea since there is a *lot* of traffic.
> people I've created accounts for on GNU machines ask me
> savannah-specific questions that I can't adequately answer. Thus far,
> I've not mentioned savannah-hackers as a possible source of
> information. Should I be and if not is there a FAQ or some other
> "Savannah Guide for Maintainer's" type of document I can point people
> at?
There should be more documentation in savannah.gnu.org/docs.
Two or three people are more or less working on it but it's currently
empty. I guess that browsing an digesting the savannah-hackers archives
would be a usefull way to build a good FAQ.
Cheers,
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