There used to be a time when more people understood the virtues of decentralization and the dangers of centralization.
-- Sylvain On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:39:39AM -0700, Daniel Clemente wrote: > > > Yes, that helps, thanks. > > > > > Savannah and Gna both use the same piece of software > > (savane) to build their > > sites, so they look similar. > > > > But very very similar indeed. > > Compare both descriptions: which is which? > > ------------------ > Welcome to ............., the software forge for people committed to Free > Software: > * We host free projects that run on free operating systems and without > any proprietary software dependencies > ... > ------------------ > This site is a central point for development, distribution and maintenance of > Libre Software (Free Software) projects. > ------------------ > > > > > > Both host a list of projects: > https://savannah.gnu.org/search/index.php?type_of_search=soft&words=%%% > https://gna.org/search/index.php?type_of_search=soft&words=%%% > > > > And there are places where you can see information about both at once: > https://gna.org/projects/savane > > > > This is confusing, specially to new users (I mean new users of > Gna/Savannah). It seems that we have two project management projects and > there seems to be no cause for division. > > Compare with Ubuntu's Launchpad: it is just one platform; there is no > visible division between the program Launchpad and the project tracking > portal Launchpad. > They may have some demo installations of the program Launchpad, but this is > hidden from the user. > > > Is the division Savannah/Gna an ethical one? A technical one? It would be > helpful to have a page which explains the limits of both, and why they don't > merge. > > > -- Daniel > > > > >
