() k...@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) () Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:53:55 GMT 1) It's not a matter of just changing savannah. There are numerous (*numerous*) processes involved with web pages repositories, most of which are written, maintained, and controlled by the FSF sysadmins, not Savannah. FSF sysadmin time is always at a premium.
Probably the slog away from CVS could be made easier if those scripts (i presume) were more widely available. Unless there are some glaring security concerns (embedded passwords, e.g.), i think making a dist tarball (released under GPLv3+) of the lot would be a good first step. Then, Someone w/ time and inclination can coordiinate Others w/ time and inclination to go through the basic refactoring exercise: abstract, generalize appropriately, deploy in test env, fix design bugs, switch backend from CVS to Git (pretty please :-D), deploy in test env, fix implementation bugs, loop until thumbs-up for deployment in real env. This still requires coordination w/ the sysadmin(s), but at least a good amount of the work can be shouldered collectively, and more importantly, away from the GNU servers until the fruit is ripe. No source, no seed! (Maybe such a tarball is already available -- if so, sorry for the noise and where can i find this tarball?) I used to do sysadmin work (VAX/VMS) and would have wept w/ joy if GNU hackers (a formidable bunch) were to apply their skills to my mundane tasks. What i could have learned (that is, aside from most hackers' disdain for VMS :-D)! Maybe we find ourselves in a similar situation now. -- Thien-Thi Nguyen ..................................... GPG key: 4C807502 . NB: ttn at glug dot org is not me . . (and has not been since 2007 or so) . . ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES . ........... please send technical questions to mailing lists ...........
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