www/server/standards README.html

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       07/12/12 15:05:10

Modified files:
        server/standards: README.html 

Log message:
        a few updates for current reality, whole thing needs review

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/standards/README.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.49&r2=1.50

Patches:
Index: README.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/server/standards/README.html,v
retrieving revision 1.49
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -b -r1.49 -r1.50
--- README.html 12 Dec 2007 00:00:48 -0000      1.49
+++ README.html 12 Dec 2007 15:04:53 -0000      1.50
@@ -56,46 +56,27 @@
 
 <H4><A NAME="SEC0" HREF="README.html#TOC0">Organization</A></H4>
 
-In order to work as a webmaster you need one of the following:
-
-<UL>
-<LI> Become a developer for one of the GNU packages managed by 
-    <a HREF="http://savannah.gnu.org/";>Savannah</a>. This will
-    allow you to edit the portion of the www.gnu.org web that
-    is devoted to this GNU package, as shown in the 
-    <a HREF="www2savannah.html">www.gnu.org to Savannah projects map</a>.
-
-<LI> Become a member of the <a HREF="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/www/";>
-     www</a> project in order to edit the whole tree.
-
-<LI> A shell account on gnudist.gnu.org, 
-    ask to <a HREF="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>.
-</UL>
-
-<P>
-The whole www.gnu.org web site is stored under CVS on
-subversions.gnu.org.  Most of the webmaster tasks do not require a
-shell account on gnudist.gnu.org and are a lot simpler to perform by
-checking out the pages on your local machine, modifying them and then
-committing the result. For an example of instructions on how to use
-CVS for this purpose, see the <a
-HREF="http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group_id=2";>CVS instructions for
-the GNU mifluz package</a>.
+<p>In order to work as a webmaster for GNU you need to become a member
+of the <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/www/";>www</a> project
+on <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/";>savannah.gnu.org</a>.
+
+<p>If you just want to edit the web pages for your particular package,
+not work as a general webmaster, then you need only become a developer
+for the corresponding project.  If no savannah project exists, <a
+href="http://savannah.gnu.org/register/";>register one</a>.  This will
+allow you to edit the web pages directory for the project.
+
+<p>The whole www.gnu.org web site is stored in CVS on savannah.gnu.org.
+Most webmaster tasks are performed by checking out the CVS repository on
+your local machine, modifying them, and committing the result.  <a
+href="http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=www";>Instructions on how to use
+CVS</a> (you want the &ldquo;Webpages repository&rdquo;).
 
 <P>When a commit to CVS is done, the live www.gnu.org web site is not
 updated instantly.  The cron job that does the updates currently runs at
 the :10 and :40 of each hour.</P>
 
 <P>
-In order to be granted edit permissions for a project you must first
-<a HREF="https://savannah.gnu.org/account/register.php";>register yourself</a>
-on Savannah. This is a very simple step that anyone can do.
-
-<P>
-A small number of tasks do require to logon gnudist.gnu.org and if you
-want to devote some time to them you'll need to ask for a shell account. 
-
-<P>
 Instead of having a single group of users who have edit permissions
 over the whole www.gnu.org CVS tree, a number of groups have been
 created and only have edit permissions on a specific directory
@@ -629,14 +610,15 @@
 send other questions to
 <A HREF="mailto:address@hidden";><EM>address@hidden</EM></A>.
 <P>
-Copyright &copy; 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software 
Foundation, Inc.,
+Copyright &copy; 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.,
 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301,  USA
 <P>
 Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
 permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.<P>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/12/12 00:00:48 $
+$Date: 2007/12/12 15:04:53 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 <HR>
 </BODY>