Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of ratpoison - savannah.nongnu.org

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

I am waiting for an answer from you.

If within one week I still do not get a reply, I will remove your
project. You will still be able to register it again once you have the
time to deal with the registration issues.

Regards,

-- 
Sylvain

On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 09:58:43PM +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> Hi sabetts,
> 
> I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
> 
> > Shawn Betts <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> > License: gpl
> > Other License: 
> > Package: ratpoison
> > System name: ratpoison
> > Type: non-GNU
> > 
> > Description:
> > Ratpoison is a simple Window Manager with no fat library dependencies, no
> > fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. It is
> > largely modelled after GNU Screen which has done wonders in the virtual
> > terminal market.
> > 
> > The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames. All windows are kept
> > maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of your precious
> > screen real estate.
> > 
> > All interaction with the window manager is done through keystrokes.
> > ratpoison has a prefix map to minimize the key clobbering that cripples
> > Emacs and other quality pieces of software.
> > 
> > http://ratpoison.sf.net is the current project web page.
> > 
> > The latest stable release can be downloaded here:
> > 
> > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ratpoison/ratpoison-1.3.0.tar.gz
> 
> There are some legal tasks to deal with.
> 
> Several files are lacking copyright and license notices.
> 
> In order to release your project properly and unambiguously under the
> GPL, please place copyright notices and permission-to-copy statements
> at the beginning of every file of source code.
> For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html.
> 
> All files of more than 10 lines should carry appropriate notices.
> Check http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html
> 
> 
> None of the copyright notices bear '2004' and should be updated.
> 
> 
> We also recommand that you release the documentation under the GNU
> FDL. You appear to be using an FSF pre-GFDL license ("translation
> approved by the Free Software Foundation").
> 
> 
> Other non-trivial text files should also carry a small notice, such as
> an all-permissive one (see
> http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices.html) or a
> reference to the main GFDL notice (see
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-howto.html).
> 
> 
> Last, we except that you will close your SF account, or make it a
> redirection to Savannah, one the move is done. Do you agree with this?
> 
> 
> > Other Software Required:
> > none.
> 
> ... besides X.
> 
> 
> > Other Comments:
> > I would like to migrate ratpoison from sourceforge over to savannah. I
> > feel savannah is more aligned with the spirit of ratpoison and I don't
> > like the direction sourceforge is going in.
> > 
> > This means I'd have to get the cvs root from savannah. I'm not exactly
> > sure how to do this. I would imagine you've done this before. Any
> > information would be appreciated!
> 
> No problem.
> 
> This should be your latest cvs repository:
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cvstarballs/ratpoison-cvsroot.tar.bz2
> Check whether it is up-to-date.
> 
> If you have a way to get your mail archives as mboxes or as a list of
> text e-mails, we can also import your mailing-lists.
> 
> 
> Aside from the legal issues, your project can be hosted at
> Savannah. Since you want to import the CVS repository, I suggest you
> do the changes in it, and we'll approve the project and import it
> then.
> 
> Please notify us when this is done.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Sylvain
> - who by accident noticed today he was added to AUTHORS last november,
> a little while before seeing this submission :)