I'm working on a wiki page with all the needed details, it'll be up for the
end of the day :-)

cheers,


2013/8/15 Gil Forcada Codinachs <gforc...@gnome.org>

> First of all, thanks for this!
>
> Couple of notes though:
> - I haven't seen the link to the script that does the mirroring I guess
> that is kept somewhere right? :) Making it public so that others (after
> being installed in git.gnome.org of course) can add their own choice (why
> not a launchpad one? or gitorious as others pointed out...) would be nice.
>
> - is *all* GNOME modules going to be there (setting aside the opt-in/out
> being discussed)? I don't see damned-lies for example
>
> All in all, the more GNOME is spread the better, and at the end of the
> day, a mirror is a mirror, nothing without the source it mirrors.
>
> Cheers,
> Gil
>
>
>
> 2013/8/15 Christian Persch <c...@gnome.org>
>
>> Hi;
>>
>> Am Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:24:21 +0200
>> schrieb Alberto Ruiz <ar...@gnome.org>:
>> > 2013/8/15 Christian Persch <c...@gnome.org>:
>> > > Also, I'd like to question when and how it was decided to give this
>> > > github mirror 'official' status?
>> >
>> > The fact that the hook is installed in the repos makes it official. It
>> > was my call, not GitHub's. So blame me.
>> >
>> > > I see from the board meeting minutes
>> > > of 9.7.2013 that the foundation is sending a trademark complaint
>> > > letter to an academic institution because they're (completely
>> > > legitimately IMO) abbreviating "General NOAA Operational Modeling
>> > > Environment" with "GNOME"; but OTOH we're allowing a proprietary
>> > > web service to use the trademark as the "GNOME Official Github
>> > > Mirror" ‽
>> >
>> > Github is not using the trademark, I am.
>>
>> That's a distinction without difference. The point remains that the
>> GNOME trademark is used to promote a proprietary web service.
>> Coupled with the word "Official" this even constitutes a strong
>> endorsement.
>>
>> I've received word that the board will consider this question, so let's
>> leave it at that until then.
>>
>> Regards,
>>         Christian
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Cheers,

Andrea

Debian Developer,
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GNOME Sysadmin,
GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee Chairman

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