Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of Release Early, Release Often - savannah.gnu.org

[Rudy Gevaert]

Hi,

I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.

address@hidden wrote:
> A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
>
>
> Michael L. Brownlow <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License: 
> Package: Release Early, Release Often
> System name: rero
> Type: GNU

I would advice you the change your project to non-gnu because it hasn't 
got enough code to be properly revised by the GNU maintainers.

> Description:
> RERO is a release manager. It can be used to perform static or
> automatic releases of software. Its primary focus is support for the
> GNU Autotools and CVS; however, support for custom build environments
> exists. In addition to making a release, RERO can also send
> notifications by email of the release and log statistical information
> about the release process. A supplemental script that comes with RERO can parse 
> the log to create gnuplot charts of information useful for
> release analysis. Here is an extract from the Texinfo documentation
> that describes, perhaps more formally, RERO\'s purpose:
>
>    RERO is an acronym that stands for \"Release Early, Release 
>    Often.\" This phrase was first used by Eric S. Raymond in his
>    work \"The Cathedral and the Bazaar,\" a significant piece of
>    literature being written during the free software revolution.
>    In his work, the phrase is used to describe the benefits of Linus
>    Torvalds\' open development process for the Linux operating system.


Note that Savannah supports projects of the Free Software
movement, not projects of the Open Source movement.
We are careful about ethical issues and insist on
producing software that is not dependent on proprietary
software.

While Open Source as defined by it's founders means
Free Software, it's frequently misunderstood.
For more information, read
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html

"Linux" is just a kernel of a more complex system
that we like to refer to as GNU/Linux, to emphasize
the ideals of the Free Software movement.

Would you mind changing occurences of Linux as OS
to GNU/Linux in your submitton and documentation?

You can get more information at
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html

>    RERO was written as a means of accomplishing the same, or similar,
>    aspects of this innovation in a way that is consistent with
>    current development patterns while also acting as a general
>    release manager.
>
>    Automation is another critical aspect that RERO attempts to
>    implement. If it is possible to characterize when a release should
>    be made, then RERO should be able to make a release at that point
>    in time without developer intervention. Knowing whether software
>    is stable is a different problem that RERO does not address. It
>    only addresses whether a release can be made. This is important
>    to consider if one desires to use RERO as a metric for software
>    improvement.
>
>    It is quite possible that many do not see the advantages RERO has
>    to offer over current solutions. For example, when using the GNU
>    Autotools, it is very easy to create and distribute a release.
>    Indeed, just using basic aspects of Unix in general allow for
>    release automation to be accomplished after some effort. What RERO
>    tries to do is provide a basis for those models for consistency
>    across projects with the perspectives of automation and process
>    improvement in mind. Is it really necessary for minor releases to
>    be done by hand? Is it possible to make a release of software
>    based on how stable it appears to be?  These issues, along with
>    providing a tool for formally addressing release management, are
>    the goals of RERO.
>
> The website is currently at:
>    http://rero.wsmake.org/
>
> It already exists and you can download the latest distribution at 
> http://ftp.wsmake.org/pub/rero/rero-0.0.53.tar.gz

I couldn't help seeing that you already have a CVS account running on 
wsmake.org.  Are you going to use the savannah space actively?  If so 
you are welcome to use our services.

Could you resubmit your project once you updated the documentation?
You can resubmit your project with ease by copying
the big re-registration URL provided in the mail
you received  at submission

Regards,

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