www home.html server/takeaction.html

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       11/08/26 18:44:14

Modified files:
        .              : home.html 
        server         : takeaction.html 

Log message:
        configure for python packages (per rms)

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/home.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.344&r2=1.345
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/takeaction.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.173&r2=1.174

Patches:
Index: home.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/home.html,v
retrieving revision 1.344
retrieving revision 1.345
diff -u -b -r1.344 -r1.345
--- home.html   26 Aug 2011 18:31:55 -0000      1.344
+++ home.html   26 Aug 2011 18:44:00 -0000      1.345
@@ -225,8 +225,10 @@
   <a href="/software/snakecharmer/">snakecharmer</a>,
   <a href="/software/sxml/">sxml</a>,
   <a href="/software/trueprint/">trueprint</a>
-are all looking for maintainers. <a
-href="/server/takeaction.html#unmaint">More information</a>.</p>
+are all <a href="/server/takeaction.html#unmaint">looking for
+maintainers</a>.  We also need <a
+href="/server/takeaction.html#python_configure">GNU configure for Python
+packages</a>.
 
 </div>
 </div>
@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/08/26 18:31:55 $
+$Date: 2011/08/26 18:44:00 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 

Index: server/takeaction.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/server/takeaction.html,v
retrieving revision 1.173
retrieving revision 1.174
diff -u -b -r1.173 -r1.174
--- server/takeaction.html      26 Aug 2011 18:35:05 -0000      1.173
+++ server/takeaction.html      26 Aug 2011 18:44:06 -0000      1.174
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     object-oriented framework for application development, and help it
     achieve the status of a complete and featured desktop environment.</dd>
 
-  <!-- Don't expire, but do keep in sync with the list -->
+  <!-- Don't expire, but do keep in sync with the home page list -->
   <dt id="unmaint"><b>Take over an unmaintained GNU package</b></dt>
   <dd>These GNU packages are looking for a maintainer:
   <a href="/software/alive/">alive</a>,
@@ -126,6 +126,17 @@
     requests from the maintainers of many packages.
   </dd>
 
+  <!-- Expire if ever gets written -->
+  <dt id="python_configure"><strong>GNU configure for Python
+        packages</strong></dt>
+  <dd>We need a <a
+      href="/prep/standards/standards.html#Configuration">standard GNU
+      configure</a> and make system for Python-based packages that use
+      Python's <tt>build.py</tt> method.  This would be immediately helpful
+      for <a href="/software/bazaar/">GNU Bazaar</a> and
+      <a href="software/mediagoblin/">GNU MediaGoblin</a>.
+  </dd>
+
   <!-- Don't expire -->
   <dt id="contribute_your_program"><strong>Make your program a GNU
         package</strong></dt>
@@ -214,7 +225,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/08/26 18:35:05 $
+$Date: 2011/08/26 18:44:06 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>