Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] phpGroupWare 0.9.16.009 Security and Bug Fix Release is out

[Dave Hall]

On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 21:01 +0100, Florian Steinel wrote:
> Dave Hall schrieb:
> > The news interface on savannah is a pita.  There is also the issue of
> > submitting news to our website (when it is up), sf.net, freshmeat
> > emailing our lists and emailing our packagers.  If someone wants to take
> > care of the news on savannah go for it.
> >   
> If nobody else is wants to, i would like to do so.
> Is it posible:
> - to disable the download link on savannah?

Not possible, I have looked into this.

> - to mention the download area on sf.net in the savannah description?

Maybe.  I will consider it and discuss it with others.

> - to mention that bug tracking and patches are also hosted at sf.net (if 
> still true as mentioned on sf.net in the description) in the savannah 
> description?

They are only retained there for historic purposes.  We have clear
messages telling people to not post stuff there.

> > Chris is right about hosting downloads on gnu.org - we still use GIFs
> > (mostly due to IE having 85% market share and broken PNG support).
> >   
> See other Email, patent expiration date was 18 June 2004.

No it doesn't

<quote src="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html";>
Unisys and IBM both applied for patents in 1983. Unisys (and perhaps
IBM) applied for these patents in a number of countries. Of the places
whose patent databases we were able to search, the latest expiration
date seems to be Friday 11 August 2006 1. Until then, anyone who
releases a free program for making GIF files is likely to be sued. We
don't know any reason to think that the patent owners would lose these
lawsuits.
</quote>

Cheers

Dave