Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] GNU/non-GNU distinction

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 05:10:40PM +0200, Yavor Doganov wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 03:03:42PM +0000, Noah Slater wrote:
> > Why is there a distinction between GNU and non-GNU on Savannah?
> 
> Sylvain or Karl can explain much better, but here's my take:
> 
> 1) Mapping of the web repositories.  GNU projects are mapped to 
>    gnu.org/software/package while non-GNU to nongnu.org/package.
> 
> 2) It is very helpful to select the group of all GNU packages, for 
>    example if you want to review them and see if you can contribute.
> 
> 3) I suspect there are gazillion of other differences in the way 
>    Savannah handles the two groups (actually, there are more groups), 
>    like mailing lists, etc.
> 
> > It seems like a needless devision and a human interface nightmare.
> 
> I don't think so.

I also appreciate to spot whether a project is GNU or not.

Historically Savannah was only for GNU projects, and then came
nongnu.org :) But indeed it's useful for many non-historical reasons.

-- 
Sylvain