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Re: [Savannah-users] Error message: my account does not exist
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Sylvain Beucler |
Subject: |
Re: [Savannah-users] Error message: my account does not exist |
Date: |
Tue, 26 May 2009 20:40:51 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
There used to be a time when more people understood the virtues of
decentralization and the dangers of centralization.
--
Sylvain
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:39:39AM -0700, Daniel Clemente wrote:
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> Yes, that helps, thanks.
>
> >
> > Savannah and Gna both use the same piece of software
> > (savane) to build their
> > sites, so they look similar.
> >
>
> But very very similar indeed.
>
> Compare both descriptions: which is which?
>
> ------------------
> Welcome to ............., the software forge for people committed to Free
> Software:
> * We host free projects that run on free operating systems and without
> any proprietary software dependencies
> ...
> ------------------
> This site is a central point for development, distribution and maintenance of
> Libre Software (Free Software) projects.
> ------------------
>
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> Both host a list of projects:
> https://savannah.gnu.org/search/index.php?type_of_search=soft&words=%%%
> https://gna.org/search/index.php?type_of_search=soft&words=%%%
>
>
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> And there are places where you can see information about both at once:
> https://gna.org/projects/savane
>
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> This is confusing, specially to new users (I mean new users of
> Gna/Savannah). It seems that we have two project management projects and
> there seems to be no cause for division.
>
> Compare with Ubuntu's Launchpad: it is just one platform; there is no
> visible division between the program Launchpad and the project tracking
> portal Launchpad.
> They may have some demo installations of the program Launchpad, but this is
> hidden from the user.
>
>
> Is the division Savannah/Gna an ethical one? A technical one? It would be
> helpful to have a page which explains the limits of both, and why they don't
> merge.
>
>
> -- Daniel
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