CVSROOT: /web/www Module name: www Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 10/10/08 18:15:51
Modified files: server/standards: README.webmastering.html Log message: web-translators gets translation-related stuff, except for FSF-related translations CVSWeb URLs: http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/standards/README.webmastering.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.110&r2=1.111 Patches: Index: README.webmastering.html =================================================================== RCS file: /web/www/www/server/standards/README.webmastering.html,v retrieving revision 1.110 retrieving revision 1.111 diff -u -b -r1.110 -r1.111 --- README.webmastering.html 5 Oct 2010 16:00:32 -0000 1.110 +++ README.webmastering.html 8 Oct 2010 18:15:43 -0000 1.111 @@ -183,9 +183,10 @@ <ul> <li>To see open tickets, visit <a href="http://rt.gnu.org/">rt.gnu.org</a> and log in with your assigned -username/password. (If you don't have one, email www-discuss.) There -will be a link (and lots of other things) on your RT home page. Once -you see the list, clicking on the subject link will open the ticket.</li> +RT username/password. (If you don't have one, email www-discuss.) +There will be a link to the webmasters queue (among lots of other +things) on your RT home page. Once you see the list, clicking on the +subject link will open the ticket.</li> <li>If the message is spam, click the ‘Mark as Spam’ link in the top row.</li> @@ -197,13 +198,6 @@ <li>If the message is just a thank-you to us, or something else that doesn't require action on our part, click ‘Resolve’.</li> -<li>If the message is about the web pages for a given software package, -forward it to the maintainer of the package. (You can use the <a -href="http://directory.fsf.org">Free Software Directory</a> to find the -maintainers.) Don't just forward the message to a public bug list, -since the submitter may not want his/her email address to be -exposed.</li> - <li>If the message is a simple typo or other buglet on a page we maintain, go ahead and fix it, using ‘Reply’ to tell the submitter what you did, and then ‘Resolve’ it.</li> @@ -245,9 +239,10 @@ includes us—each such reply will (unfortunately) start a new ticket. -<li>If the message needs to be dealt with by another group, most often -sysadmin, licensing, or directory, move it to the corresponding queue. -<a href="#rtmisdirected">More detailed info.</a> +<li>If the message needs to be dealt with by another group, such as +sysadmin or licensing, move it to the corresponding queue or otherwise +forward it. <a href="#rtmisdirected">Specific directions for +redirecting tickets.</a> </ul> @@ -403,6 +398,11 @@ down, a .symlinks file not creating the symbolic link), try to verify the problem and if it is real, move it to the sysadmin queue. +<li>Move tickets about a new or existing translation of a gnu.org web page + to web-translators. Exception: for happy-birthday-to-gnu subtitles + and other FSF campaigns pages on gnu.org, handle them + ourselves.</li> + <li>If the ticket is about Savannah, email the original message to savannah-hackers-priv...@gnu.org.</li> @@ -414,27 +414,27 @@ <a href="http://mail.gnu.org">http://mail.gnu.org</a> should be forwarded to <mail...@mail.gnu.org>.</li> -<li>Anything else not related to webmastering—including questions about - FSF opinions, requests for support, and the like—can be moved to the - info queue.</li> +<li>Anything else not related to webmastering—including questions + about FSF opinions, requests for support, and the like—can be + moved to the info queue.</li> + +<li>For tickets about the GNU libc web pages, point the OP to + http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html. That is the best way to + get the glibc maintainers' attention.</li> <li>If the ticket is about the web pages for a <a - href="#gnupackages">specific GNU software package</a>, generally it - is best to send it in private email to the maintainers of that - package (they are recorded in the file + href="#gnupackages">specific GNU software package</a>, it is best to + send it in private email to the maintainers of that package (they + are recorded in the Free Software Directory, or look at the file <tt>/gd/gnuorg/maintainers.bypkg</tt> on fencepost), and reply to - the OP saying that you did so, resolving the ticket. - Exception: for tickets about the GNU libc web pages, point the OP - to http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html. That is the best way - to get the glibc maintainers' attention.</li> + the OP saying that you did so, resolving the ticket.</li> </ul> <p>It's nice to notify a queue's watchers when a ticket is moved; RT -doesn't provide automatic notification. You can determine who watches a -queue by going to "Configuration," choosing "Queues," selecting the -desired queue, and choosing "Watchers." Just a brief mail to them -saying "I moved ticket 1234 to your queue" will suffice.</p> +doesn't provide automatic notification. You can do this by sending mail +to queuename-comm...@gnu.org with the original subject line. Just a +terse message "Moved ticket 1234 to your queue" suffices.</p> <p>If there isn't an appropriate RT queue, forward the mail to the appropriate party, and make a comment indicating that you did so @@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ <p>Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2010/10/05 16:00:32 $ +$Date: 2010/10/08 18:15:43 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div>