[Savannah-hackers] Re: Abandoned project (gSatellite).

[Mathieu Roy]

I just found out that some mails was queued by my local exim ,
do not now why. :(

So, I'm fine with the orphaned section idea and if nobody object, I'll 
create it this week and add a faq entry about it.


> > > I think we should just make a new group, (like nongnu/gnu/www.gnu.org) 
> > > that holds the projects without maintainers.  And put it there.
> > 
> > That's a good suggestion, there could be an "orphaned" projects section
> 
> I like this idea, I remember there was a web site for orphaned
> projects, but I don't remember any more details.  In any case there
> should be such section in Savannah.
> 
> > and in the registration form for a new project we could advise the
> > author to first check whether there is already an orphaned project
> > that he could adopt, rather than registering a new project.
> 
> As long as it is not a required step (first check or we won't approve
> the project), I don't see any problem.
> 
> > If we create that orphaned section, we should also advertise it
> > among project maintainers telling them that if they ever get too
> > busy to maintain a project, they should orphan them.
> 
> Definitely.
> 
> P.S.
>   Sorry for not helping you guys out with all the daily issues and
>   just jumping to some discussions, but my time has to be divided (as
>   yours is).
> 
> Greetings,
> -- 
> Hugo Gayosso

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Mathieu Roy
 
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