On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 10:49:03AM -0700, Doug Kaufman wrote: > I am forwarding this note from Russell McOrmond with his permission. > I suggested the online copy of lynx-dev.html from the lynx-help > directory of the lynx distribution at lynx.isc.org as the best > place to describe the lynx-dev mailing list. Are there any other > suggestions? > > He implies that the move to savannah is certain. I don't remember > reading that it was. Where is the decision about that? I see that
There was some discussion (no followup) on listelves. > we already have an empty spot at savannah.gnu.org, but from the FAQ I've noticed. But the last I looked there was only one admin, and there wasn't enough information to contact & check progress. > there, it seems that we would have to agree to become part of the > GNU project to be there. I suspect that lynx would actually be more > appropriate at savannah.nongnu.org. To be a GNU project, we would have > to agree to follow the GNU coding guidelines, change the command-line > arguments to GNU format, and agree not to recommend non-free software > (I believe that the GNU project considers openSSL to be "non-free"). > We would also have to agree to put our documentation in texinfo > format. yes - we discussed this a few years ago, and decided to not be a GNU project. > I am not sure that I see the advantage of becoming part of the GNU > project. The vast majority of projects as savannah are non-GNU. Why do > we want to switch to GNU status at this time? -- Thomas E. Dickey http://dickey.his.com ftp://dickey.his.com ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
