[Savannah-hackers] Re: Migration of non-GNU project to GNU?

[Mathieu Roy]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> said:

> Ok, when I moved AUCTeX development to Savannah, I decided to apply
> for a non-GNU project at first.  If you don't know about the AUCTeX
> project: it is the Emacs/XEmacs major mode most people install that
> plan on doing serious work with LaTeX.
> 
> Two reasons for the initial application on non-GNU: I wanted to get
> the opinions of other developers before declaring AUCTeX a GNU
> project, and AUCTeX was missing one of the main criteria for such a
> project: an autoconf-based installation.
> 
> The opinion has been unambiguously positive so far, and we now have a
> first version of an autoconf-based configuration in the CVS.  The
> next major release will contain it.
> 
> I have not yet advertised the web site www.nongnu.org/auctex widely
> because I was not sure how long it would remain the primary web site.
> 
> I would want to ask you the following questions:
> 
> Would it be possible to do a migration of www.nongnu.org/auctex to
> www.gnu.org/auctex in the most painless manner: that is, place a
> redirection on the old site to the new site?  This would probably
> also concern the download areas.
> 
> What else would be involved to make the move as smooth as possible?  I
> would very much appreciate it if www.gnu.org/auctex could be set up
> rather soon, even before the official release of 12.0, so that I could
> change announcements to point to there.  The nongnu addresses should
> remain valid, however, for at least a few months, even if just
> containing redirections.
> 
> I am pretty certain that AUCTeX meets the GNU guidelines, but if you
> need additional information, please tell me so.


Note that the url would be www.gnu.org/software/auctex. Normally,
there are redirections everywhere required in such occasions. 

Now, the only remaining step is to write to address@hidden asking
them to evaluate auctex. 

-- 
Mathieu Roy
 
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