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Karl Berry |
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www/prep/maintain index.html maintain.dvi.gz ma... |
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Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:37:42 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 08/08/01 20:37:42
Modified files:
prep/maintain : index.html maintain.dvi.gz maintain.html
maintain.html.gz maintain.html_node.tar.gz
maintain.info.tar.gz maintain.pdf
maintain.ps.gz maintain.texi.tar.gz
maintain.txt maintain.txt.gz
prep/maintain/html_node: Announcements.html
Automated-FTP-Uploads.html
Automated-Upload-Procedure.html
Automated-Upload-Registration.html
CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages.html
Canonical-License-Sources.html
Clean-Ups.html
Copying-from-Other-Packages.html
Copyright-Notices.html
Copyright-Papers.html
Distribution-Patches.html
Distribution-on-ftp_002egnu_002eorg.html
Distribution-tar-Files.html
Distributions.html
Ethical-and-Philosophical-Consideration.html
External-Libraries.html
FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e0.html
FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1.html
Free-Software-Directory.html
Free-Software-and-Open-Source.html
GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html
GNU-and-Linux.html Hosting.html
Index.html Invoking-gendocs_002esh.html
Legal-Matters.html
Legally-Significant.html
License-Notices-for-Code.html
License-Notices-for-Documentation.html
License-Notices-for-Other-Files.html
License-Notices.html Mail.html
Old-Versions.html Platforms.html
Preface.html
Recording-Contributors.html
Recruiting-Developers.html
Stepping-Down.html Terminology.html
Test-Releases.html
Using-the-Proofreaders-List.html
Web-Pages.html index.html
Log message:
propagating info from dubbing msg
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/index.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.35&r2=1.36
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.dvi.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.34&r2=1.35
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.html.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.html_node.tar.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.info.tar.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.pdf?cvsroot=www&rev=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.ps.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.texi.tar.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.txt?cvsroot=www&r1=1.33&r2=1.34
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.txt.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Announcements.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Automated-FTP-Uploads.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Automated-Upload-Procedure.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Automated-Upload-Registration.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Canonical-License-Sources.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Clean-Ups.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Copying-from-Other-Packages.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.18&r2=1.19
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Papers.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Distribution-Patches.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Distribution-on-ftp_002egnu_002eorg.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Distribution-tar-Files.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Distributions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Ethical-and-Philosophical-Consideration.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.31&r2=1.32
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/External-Libraries.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e0.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.20&r2=1.21
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.20&r2=1.21
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Free-Software-Directory.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Free-Software-and-Open-Source.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.32&r2=1.33
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.6&r2=1.7
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/GNU-and-Linux.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Hosting.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Index.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Invoking-gendocs_002esh.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Legal-Matters.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Legally-Significant.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices-for-Code.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices-for-Documentation.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices-for-Other-Files.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.32&r2=1.33
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Mail.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Old-Versions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Platforms.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Preface.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Recording-Contributors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Recruiting-Developers.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Stepping-Down.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Terminology.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Test-Releases.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Using-the-Proofreaders-List.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Web-Pages.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/index.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.30&r2=1.31
Patches:
Index: index.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/prep/maintain/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.35
retrieving revision 1.36
diff -u -b -r1.35 -r1.36
--- index.html 25 Apr 2008 18:43:00 -0000 1.35
+++ index.html 1 Aug 2008 20:37:20 -0000 1.36
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
<!-- See validator.w3.org -->
<address>Free Software Foundation</address>
-<address>last updated April 25, 2008</address>
+<address>last updated August 01, 2008</address>
<p>This manual (maintain) is available in the following formats:</p>
@@ -23,25 +23,25 @@
(40K gzipped characters)</a> - entirely on
one web page.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.html_node.tar.gz">HTML compressed
- (44K gzipped tar file)</a> -
+ (48K gzipped tar file)</a> -
with one web page per node.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.info.tar.gz">Info document
(36K bytes gzipped tar file)</a>.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.txt">ASCII text
(104K bytes)</a>.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.txt.gz">ASCII text compressed
- (32K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
+ (36K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.dvi.gz">TeX dvi file
- (60K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
+ (64K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.ps.gz">PostScript file
(176K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.pdf">PDF file
- (276K bytes)</a>.</li>
+ (280K bytes)</a>.</li>
<li><a href="maintain.texi.tar.gz">Texinfo source
- (36K bytes gzipped tar file).</a></li>
+ (96K bytes gzipped tar file).</a></li>
</ul>
-<p>You can <a href="http://www.gnu.org/order/";>buy printed copies of
+<p>You can <a href="http://shop.fsf.org/";>buy printed copies of
some manuals</a> (among other items) from the Free Software Foundation;
this helps support FSF activities.</p>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
<!-- Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the document -->
<!-- and that it is like this "2001, 2002" not this "2001-2002." -->
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
-<!--#include virtual="/server/footer-min.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
<div id="footer">
<p>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
</p>
<p>
-Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
</p>
<address>51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02111, USA</address>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
Index: maintain.dvi.gz
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Index: maintain.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/prep/maintain/maintain.html,v
retrieving revision 1.34
retrieving revision 1.35
diff -u -b -r1.34 -r1.35
--- maintain.html 25 Apr 2008 18:43:00 -0000 1.34
+++ maintain.html 1 Aug 2008 20:37:21 -0000 1.35
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
<link title="Top" rel="top" href="#Top">
<link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"; rel="generator-home"
title="Texinfo Homepage">
<!--
-Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated April 25, 2008.
+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated August 1, 2008.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
<h2 class="unnumbered">Version</h2>
-<p>Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated April 25, 2008.
+<p>Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated August 1, 2008.
<p>Copyright © 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@
guidelines; if you would like to be a GNU maintainer, then it is
essential to follow these guidelines.
+ <p>In addition to this document, please read and follow the GNU Coding
+Standards (see <a href="/prep/standards/standards.html#Top">Contents</a>).
+
<p>Please send corrections or suggestions for this document to
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>. If you make a suggestion,
please include
a suggested new wording for it, to help us consider the suggestion
@@ -170,6 +173,11 @@
other version of this document, or propose it in any way that makes it
clear.
+ <p>If you have general questions or encounter a situation where it isn't
+clear what to do, you can ask <a
href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>, which is a
+list of a few other GNU contributor who have offered to answer
+questions for new maintainers.
+
<p>This document uses the gender-neutral third-person pronouns
“person”,
“per”, “pers” and “perself” which were
promoted, and perhaps
invented, by Marge Piercy in <cite>Woman on the Edge of Time</cite>. They are
@@ -180,13 +188,13 @@
<p>The directory <samp><span class="file">/gd/gnuorg</span></samp> is found
on the GNU file server,
currently <code>fencepost.gnu.org</code>; if you are the maintainer of a GNU
-package, you should have an account there. Contact
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> if you don't have one.
(You can also ask
-for accounts for people who help you a large amount in working on the
-package.)
+package, you should have an account there. See
+<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html";>http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html</a>
if you don't
+have one. (You can also ask for accounts for people who help you a
+large amount in working on the package.)
<p>This release of the GNU Maintenance Instructions was last updated
-April 25, 2008.
+August 1, 2008.
<div class="node">
<p><hr>
@@ -257,6 +265,11 @@
some of your developers as co-maintainers, please contact
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>.
+ <p>We're happy to acknowledge all major contributors to GNU packages on
+the <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/people/people.html";>http://www.gnu.org/people/people.html</a>
web page. Please send
+an entry for yourself to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>,
and feel free to
+suggest it to other significant developers on your package.
+
<div class="node">
<p><hr>
<a name="Legal-Matters"></a>
@@ -984,8 +997,8 @@
<p>The GNU Coding Standards are a good thing to send people when you ask
them to clean up changes (see <a
href="/prep/standards/standards.html#Top">Contents</a>). The Emacs Lisp manual
contains an appendix that gives
-coding standards for Emacs Lisp programs; it is good to urge authors to
-read it (see <a
href="/software/emacs/elisp-manual/html_mono/elisp.html#Tips">Tips and
Standards</a>).
+coding standards for Emacs Lisp programs; it is good to urge Lisp authors to
+read it (see <a href="/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/elisp.html#Tips">Tips
and Conventions</a>).
<div class="node">
<p><hr>
@@ -1067,13 +1080,26 @@
nowadays we want to give each program its own bug-reporting list and
move away from using <a href="mailto:bug-gnu-utils";>bug-gnu-utils</a>.
+ <p>If you wish, you can also have mailing lists such as
+‘<samp><span class="samp">info-</span><var>program</var></samp>’
for announcements (see <a href="#Announcements">Announcements</a>),
+‘<samp><span class="samp">help-</span><var>program</var></samp>’
for general help and discussion (see below),
+or any others you find useful.
+
+ <p>By far the easiest way to create mailing lists is through
+<code>savannah.gnu.org</code>. Once you register your program, you can do
+this yourself through the `Mailing Lists' menu, without needing
+intervention by anyone else. Furthermore, lists created through
+Savannah will have a reasonable default configuration for antispam
+purposes (see below).
+
<p>If you are the maintainer of a GNU package, you should have an account
-on the GNU servers; contact <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>
if you don't have
-one. (You can also ask for accounts for people who help you a large
-amount in working on the package.) With this account, you can edit
-<samp><span class="file">/com/mailer/aliases</span></samp> to create a new
unmanaged list or add
-yourself to an existing unmanaged list. A comment near the beginning of
-that file explains how to create a Mailman-managed mailing list.
+on the GNU servers; contact
+<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html";>http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html</a>
if you don't
+have one. (You can also ask for accounts for people who help you a
+large amount in working on the package.) With this account, you can
+edit <samp><span class="file">/com/mailer/aliases</span></samp> to create a
new unmanaged list or add
+yourself to an existing unmanaged list. A comment near the beginning
+of that file explains how to create a Mailman-managed mailing list.
<p>But if you don't want to learn how to do those things, you can
alternatively ask <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> to add
you to the
@@ -1635,11 +1661,15 @@
official new releases, including those made just to fix bugs, we
recommend using the (moderated) general GNU announcements list,
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>. Doing so makes it easier
for users and
-developers to find the latest GNU releases.
-
- <p>You can maintain your own mailing list for announcements as well if
-you like. For your own list, you can decide as you see fit what
-events are worth announcing.
+developers to find the latest GNU releases. On the other hand, please
+do not announce test releases on <code>info-gnu</code> unless it's an
+unusual situation.
+
+ <p>You can maintain your own mailing list (typically
+<a
href="mailto:info-<var>program</var>@gnu.org">info-<var>program</var>@gnu.org</a>)
for announcements as well if you
+like. For your own list, you can decide as you see fit what events
+are worth announcing. (See <a href="#Mail">Mail</a>, for more suggestions on
handling
+mail for your package.)
<div class="node">
<p><hr>
@@ -1655,9 +1685,10 @@
<p><a name="index-web-pages-33"></a>
Please write web pages about your package for installation on
<code>www.gnu.org</code>. They should follow our usual standards for web
-pages (see <a href="http://www.gnu.org/server";>http://www.gnu.org/server</a>);
we chose them in order to
-support a wide variety of browsers, to focus on information rather
-than flashy eye candy, and to keep the site simple and uniform.
+pages (see <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html";>http://www.gnu.org/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html</a>).
+The overall goals are to support a wide variety of browsers, to focus
+on information rather than flashy eye candy, and to keep the site
+simple and uniform.
<p>The simplest way to maintain the web pages for your project is to
register the project on <code>savannah.gnu.org</code>. Then you can edit
@@ -2042,10 +2073,13 @@
<h2 class="chapter">14 Free Software Directory</h2>
<p><a name="index-Free-Software-Directory-54"></a><a
name="index-Directory_002c-Free-Software-55"></a>
-The Free Software Directory aims to be a complete list of free software
-packages, within certain criteria. Every GNU package should be listed
-there, so please contact <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> to
ask for
-information on how to write an entry for your package.
+The Free Software Directory aims to be a complete list of free
+software packages, within certain criteria. Every GNU package should
+be listed there, so please see
+<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/help/directory.html#adding-entries";>http://www.gnu.org/help/directory.html#adding-entries</a>
for
+information on how to write an entry for your package. Contact
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> with any questions or
suggestions for
+the Free Software Directory.
<div class="node">
<p><hr>
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@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
Version
*******
-Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated April 25,
+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated August 1,
2008.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
guidelines; if you would like to be a GNU maintainer, then it is
essential to follow these guidelines.
+ In addition to this document, please read and follow the GNU Coding
+Standards (*note Contents: (standards)Top.).
+
Please send corrections or suggestions for this document to
<address@hidden>. If you make a suggestion, please include a
suggested new wording for it, to help us consider the suggestion
@@ -81,6 +84,11 @@
if you don't have that file, you can make a context diff for some other
version of this document, or propose it in any way that makes it clear.
+ If you have general questions or encounter a situation where it isn't
+clear what to do, you can ask <address@hidden>, which is a list of a
+few other GNU contributor who have offered to answer questions for new
+maintainers.
+
This document uses the gender-neutral third-person pronouns "person",
"per", "pers" and "perself" which were promoted, and perhaps invented,
by Marge Piercy in `Woman on the Edge of Time'. They are used just
@@ -91,12 +99,13 @@
The directory `/gd/gnuorg' is found on the GNU file server,
currently `fencepost.gnu.org'; if you are the maintainer of a GNU
-package, you should have an account there. Contact <address@hidden>
-if you don't have one. (You can also ask for accounts for people who
-help you a large amount in working on the package.)
+package, you should have an account there. See
+`http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html' if you don't have
+one. (You can also ask for accounts for people who help you a large
+amount in working on the package.)
This release of the GNU Maintenance Instructions was last updated
-April 25, 2008.
+August 1, 2008.
2 Stepping Down
***************
@@ -151,6 +160,11 @@
some of your developers as co-maintainers, please contact
<address@hidden>.
+ We're happy to acknowledge all major contributors to GNU packages on
+the `http://www.gnu.org/people/people.html' web page. Please send an
+entry for yourself to <address@hidden>, and feel free to suggest it
+to other significant developers on your package.
+
4 Legal Matters
***************
@@ -737,8 +751,8 @@
The GNU Coding Standards are a good thing to send people when you ask
them to clean up changes (*note Contents: (standards)Top.). The Emacs
Lisp manual contains an appendix that gives coding standards for Emacs
-Lisp programs; it is good to urge authors to read it (*note Tips and
-Standards: (elisp)Tips.).
+Lisp programs; it is good to urge Lisp authors to read it (*note Tips
+and Conventions: (elisp)Tips.).
6 Platforms to Support
**********************
@@ -803,8 +817,19 @@
nowadays we want to give each program its own bug-reporting list and
move away from using <bug-gnu-utils>.
+ If you wish, you can also have mailing lists such as `info-PROGRAM'
+for announcements (*note Announcements::), `help-PROGRAM' for general
+help and discussion (see below), or any others you find useful.
+
+ By far the easiest way to create mailing lists is through
+`savannah.gnu.org'. Once you register your program, you can do this
+yourself through the `Mailing Lists' menu, without needing intervention
+by anyone else. Furthermore, lists created through Savannah will have
+a reasonable default configuration for antispam purposes (see below).
+
If you are the maintainer of a GNU package, you should have an
-account on the GNU servers; contact <address@hidden> if you don't have
+account on the GNU servers; contact
+`http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html' if you don't have
one. (You can also ask for accounts for people who help you a large
amount in working on the package.) With this account, you can edit
`/com/mailer/aliases' to create a new unmanaged list or add yourself to
@@ -1239,20 +1264,24 @@
new releases, including those made just to fix bugs, we recommend using
the (moderated) general GNU announcements list, <address@hidden>.
Doing so makes it easier for users and developers to find the latest
-GNU releases.
+GNU releases. On the other hand, please do not announce test releases
+on `info-gnu' unless it's an unusual situation.
- You can maintain your own mailing list for announcements as well if
-you like. For your own list, you can decide as you see fit what events
-are worth announcing.
+ You can maintain your own mailing list (typically
+<address@hidden>) for announcements as well if you like. For
+your own list, you can decide as you see fit what events are worth
+announcing. (*Note Mail::, for more suggestions on handling mail for
+your package.)
10 Web Pages
************
Please write web pages about your package for installation on
`www.gnu.org'. They should follow our usual standards for web pages
-(see `http://www.gnu.org/server'); we chose them in order to support a
-wide variety of browsers, to focus on information rather than flashy
-eye candy, and to keep the site simple and uniform.
+(see `http://www.gnu.org/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html'). The
+overall goals are to support a wide variety of browsers, to focus on
+information rather than flashy eye candy, and to keep the site simple
+and uniform.
The simplest way to maintain the web pages for your project is to
register the project on `savannah.gnu.org'. Then you can edit the
@@ -1387,8 +1416,8 @@
Since `www.gnu.org' works through CVS, CVS keywords in your manual,
such as `$Log: maintain.txt,v $
-such as `Revision 1.33 2008/04/25 18:43:03 karl
-such as `open source essay url
+such as `Revision 1.34 2008/08/01 20:37:23 karl
+such as `propagating info from dubbing msg
such as `', need special treatment (even if you don't happen to
maintain your manual in CVS).
@@ -1562,8 +1591,11 @@
The Free Software Directory aims to be a complete list of free software
packages, within certain criteria. Every GNU package should be listed
-there, so please contact <address@hidden> to ask for information
-on how to write an entry for your package.
+there, so please see
+`http://www.gnu.org/help/directory.html#adding-entries' for information
+on how to write an entry for your package. Contact
+<address@hidden> with any questions or suggestions for the Free
+Software Directory.
15 Using the Proofreaders List
******************************
@@ -2043,61 +2075,61 @@
Index
*****
-$ keywords in web pages: See 10.2. (line 1388)
-/gd/gnuorg directory: See 4.1. (line 180)
-alpha.gnu.org, ftp site for test releases: See 9.4. (line 984)
-AUTHORS file: See 4.3. (line 389)
-automake: See 9.1. (line 924)
-beta releases: See 9.4. (line 984)
-bug reports: See 7. (line 792)
-contributions, accepting: See 5. (line 714)
-copyright notices in program files: See 4.5. (line 446)
-copyright papers: See 4.1. (line 163)
-cvs keywords in web pages: See 10.2. (line 1388)
-CVS repository: See 13. (line 1532)
-data base of GNU copyright assignments: See 4.1. (line 174)
-diff: See 9.2. (line 948)
-Directory, Free Software: See 14. (line 1560)
-distribution, tar files: See 9.1. (line 899)
-email, for receiving bug reports: See 7. (line 792)
-ethics: See 11. (line 1417)
+$ keywords in web pages: See 10.2. (line 1417)
+/gd/gnuorg directory: See 4.1. (line 194)
+alpha.gnu.org, ftp site for test releases: See 9.4. (line 1009)
+AUTHORS file: See 4.3. (line 403)
+automake: See 9.1. (line 949)
+beta releases: See 9.4. (line 1009)
+bug reports: See 7. (line 806)
+contributions, accepting: See 5. (line 728)
+copyright notices in program files: See 4.5. (line 460)
+copyright papers: See 4.1. (line 177)
+cvs keywords in web pages: See 10.2. (line 1417)
+CVS repository: See 13. (line 1561)
+data base of GNU copyright assignments: See 4.1. (line 188)
+diff: See 9.2. (line 973)
+Directory, Free Software: See 14. (line 1589)
+distribution, tar files: See 9.1. (line 924)
+email, for receiving bug reports: See 7. (line 806)
+ethics: See 11. (line 1446)
FDL, GNU Free Documentation License: See Appendix A.
- (line 1614)
-free software: See 12.1. (line 1472)
-Free Software Directory: See 14. (line 1560)
-FTP site: See 13. (line 1532)
-ftp uploads, automated: See 9.5. (line 1027)
-ftp.gnu.org, the GNU ftp site: See 9.3. (line 973)
-gendocs.sh: See 10.1. (line 1318)
-generating documentation output: See 10.1. (line 1318)
-GNU ftp site: See 9.3. (line 973)
-GNU/Linux: See 12.2. (line 1497)
-hosting: See 13. (line 1532)
-legal matters: See 4. (line 157)
-legal papers for changes in manuals: See 4.1. (line 249)
-license notices in program files: See 4.6. (line 539)
-Linux: See 12.2. (line 1497)
-mailing list for bug reports: See 7. (line 792)
-movements, Free Software and Open Source: See 12.1. (line 1472)
-open source: See 12.1. (line 1472)
-patch: See 9.2. (line 948)
-patches, against previous releases: See 9.2. (line 930)
-philosophy: See 11. (line 1417)
-pretest releases: See 9.4. (line 984)
-proofreading: See 15. (line 1568)
-quality of changes suggested by others: See 5. (line 714)
-rcs keywords in web pages: See 10.2. (line 1388)
-recording contributors: See 4.3. (line 358)
-registration: See 9.5.1. (line 1038)
-repository: See 13. (line 1532)
-responding to bug reports: See 7. (line 828)
-source repository: See 13. (line 1532)
-terminology: See 12. (line 1465)
-test releases: See 9.4. (line 984)
-time stamp in diffs: See 9.2. (line 948)
-uploads: See 9.5.2. (line 1076)
-uploads, registration for: See 9.5.1. (line 1038)
-version control: See 8. (line 867)
-version control system: See 13. (line 1532)
-web pages: See 10. (line 1251)
-web pages, and cvs keywords: See 10.2. (line 1388)
+ (line 1646)
+free software: See 12.1. (line 1501)
+Free Software Directory: See 14. (line 1589)
+FTP site: See 13. (line 1561)
+ftp uploads, automated: See 9.5. (line 1052)
+ftp.gnu.org, the GNU ftp site: See 9.3. (line 998)
+gendocs.sh: See 10.1. (line 1347)
+generating documentation output: See 10.1. (line 1347)
+GNU ftp site: See 9.3. (line 998)
+GNU/Linux: See 12.2. (line 1526)
+hosting: See 13. (line 1561)
+legal matters: See 4. (line 171)
+legal papers for changes in manuals: See 4.1. (line 263)
+license notices in program files: See 4.6. (line 553)
+Linux: See 12.2. (line 1526)
+mailing list for bug reports: See 7. (line 806)
+movements, Free Software and Open Source: See 12.1. (line 1501)
+open source: See 12.1. (line 1501)
+patch: See 9.2. (line 973)
+patches, against previous releases: See 9.2. (line 955)
+philosophy: See 11. (line 1446)
+pretest releases: See 9.4. (line 1009)
+proofreading: See 15. (line 1600)
+quality of changes suggested by others: See 5. (line 728)
+rcs keywords in web pages: See 10.2. (line 1417)
+recording contributors: See 4.3. (line 372)
+registration: See 9.5.1. (line 1063)
+repository: See 13. (line 1561)
+responding to bug reports: See 7. (line 853)
+source repository: See 13. (line 1561)
+terminology: See 12. (line 1494)
+test releases: See 9.4. (line 1009)
+time stamp in diffs: See 9.2. (line 973)
+uploads: See 9.5.2. (line 1101)
+uploads, registration for: See 9.5.1. (line 1063)
+version control: See 8. (line 892)
+version control system: See 13. (line 1561)
+web pages: See 10. (line 1279)
+web pages, and cvs keywords: See 10.2. (line 1417)
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<link rel="prev" href="Automated-FTP-Uploads.html#Automated-FTP-Uploads"
title="Automated FTP Uploads">
<link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"; rel="generator-home"
title="Texinfo Homepage">
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+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated August 1, 2008.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software
@@ -50,11 +50,15 @@
official new releases, including those made just to fix bugs, we
recommend using the (moderated) general GNU announcements list,
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>. Doing so makes it easier
for users and
-developers to find the latest GNU releases.
-
- <p>You can maintain your own mailing list for announcements as well if
-you like. For your own list, you can decide as you see fit what
-events are worth announcing.
+developers to find the latest GNU releases. On the other hand, please
+do not announce test releases on <code>info-gnu</code> unless it's an
+unusual situation.
+
+ <p>You can maintain your own mailing list (typically
+<a
href="mailto:info-<var>program</var>@gnu.org">info-<var>program</var>@gnu.org</a>)
for announcements as well if you
+like. For your own list, you can decide as you see fit what events
+are worth announcing. (See <a href="Mail.html#Mail">Mail</a>, for more
suggestions on handling
+mail for your package.)
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<link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"; rel="generator-home"
title="Texinfo Homepage">
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+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated August 1, 2008.
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+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated August 1, 2008.
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href="Automated-Upload-Procedure.html#Automated-Upload-Procedure"
title="Automated Upload Procedure">
<link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"; rel="generator-home"
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+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated August 1, 2008.
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<link rel="prev" href="Invoking-gendocs_002esh.html#Invoking-gendocs_002esh"
title="Invoking gendocs.sh">
<link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"; rel="generator-home"
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+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated August 1, 2008.
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<link rel="next" href="License-Notices-for-Code.html#License-Notices-for-Code"
title="License Notices for Code">
<link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"; rel="generator-home"
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+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated August 1, 2008.
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<link rel="next" href="Platforms.html#Platforms" title="Platforms">
<link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"; rel="generator-home"
title="Texinfo Homepage">
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+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated August 1, 2008.
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2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
<p>The GNU Coding Standards are a good thing to send people when you ask
them to clean up changes (see <a
href="/prep/standards/html_node/index.html#Top">Contents</a>). The Emacs Lisp
manual contains an appendix that gives
-coding standards for Emacs Lisp programs; it is good to urge authors to
-read it (see <a
href="/software/emacs/manual/elisp-manual/html_node/Tips.html#Tips">Tips and
Standards</a>).
+coding standards for Emacs Lisp programs; it is good to urge Lisp authors to
+read it (see <a
href="/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Tips.html#Tips">Tips and
Conventions</a>).
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title="Texinfo Homepage">
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Notices">
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<link rel="next" href="Legally-Significant.html#Legally-Significant"
title="Legally Significant">
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-packages, within certain criteria. Every GNU package should be listed
-there, so please contact <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> to
ask for
-information on how to write an entry for your package.
+The Free Software Directory aims to be a complete list of free
+software packages, within certain criteria. Every GNU package should
+be listed there, so please see
+<a
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for
+information on how to write an entry for your package. Contact
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guidelines; if you would like to be a GNU maintainer, then it is
essential to follow these guidelines.
+ <p>In addition to this document, please read and follow the GNU Coding
+Standards (see <a
href="/prep/standards/html_node/index.html#Top">Contents</a>).
+
<p>Please send corrections or suggestions for this document to
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>. If you make a suggestion,
please include
a suggested new wording for it, to help us consider the suggestion
@@ -63,6 +66,11 @@
other version of this document, or propose it in any way that makes it
clear.
+ <p>If you have general questions or encounter a situation where it isn't
+clear what to do, you can ask <a
href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>, which is a
+list of a few other GNU contributor who have offered to answer
+questions for new maintainers.
+
<p>This document uses the gender-neutral third-person pronouns
“person”,
“per”, “pers” and “perself” which were
promoted, and perhaps
invented, by Marge Piercy in <cite>Woman on the Edge of Time</cite>. They are
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<p>The directory <samp><span class="file">/gd/gnuorg</span></samp> is found
on the GNU file server,
currently <code>fencepost.gnu.org</code>; if you are the maintainer of a GNU
-package, you should have an account there. Contact
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> if you don't have one.
(You can also ask
-for accounts for people who help you a large amount in working on the
-package.)
+package, you should have an account there. See
+<a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html";>http://www.gnu.org/software/README.accounts.html</a>
if you don't
+have one. (You can also ask for accounts for people who help you a
+large amount in working on the package.)
<p>This release of the GNU Maintenance Instructions was last updated
-April 25, 2008.
+August 1, 2008.
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@@ -74,5 +74,10 @@
some of your developers as co-maintainers, please contact
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>.
+ <p>We're happy to acknowledge all major contributors to GNU packages on
+the <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/people/people.html";>http://www.gnu.org/people/people.html</a>
web page. Please send
+an entry for yourself to <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>,
and feel free to
+suggest it to other significant developers on your package.
+
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<p><a name="index-web-pages-33"></a>
Please write web pages about your package for installation on
<code>www.gnu.org</code>. They should follow our usual standards for web
-pages (see <a href="http://www.gnu.org/server";>http://www.gnu.org/server</a>);
we chose them in order to
-support a wide variety of browsers, to focus on information rather
-than flashy eye candy, and to keep the site simple and uniform.
+pages (see <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html";>http://www.gnu.org/server/fsf-html-style-sheet.html</a>).
+The overall goals are to support a wide variety of browsers, to focus
+on information rather than flashy eye candy, and to keep the site
+simple and uniform.
<p>The simplest way to maintain the web pages for your project is to
register the project on <code>savannah.gnu.org</code>. Then you can edit
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<h2 class="unnumbered">Version</h2>
-<p>Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated April 25, 2008.
+<p>Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated August 1, 2008.
<p>Copyright © 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
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- www/prep/maintain index.html maintain.dvi.gz ma...,
Karl Berry <=