[Savannah-hackers] [ 101942 ] Newbie comments: content clarification

[nobody]

Support Request #101942, was updated on Tue 03/11/03 at 19:58
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Status: Open
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Summary: Newbie comments: content clarification

By: pete_proehl
Date: Wed 03/12/03 at 18:48
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1) What details would you like? 

I had started out at www.gnu-m68hc11.org and was using
anonymous CVS at sources.redhat.com where the password is
anoncvs. 

The current instruction "When prompted for password for
anoncvs, simply press the enter key " is correct. However,
since the context (anonymous CVS Access) is established by
the heading, the phrase "for anoncvs" is redundant. My error
was to read "use" instead of "for" in this instance. Maybe
it's a dyslexic thing. 


2) I see your dilemma. 

"Only project members..." would be clear (to me) if the term
"project member" was clearly defined (on the same page).
Since Savannah is also a project in the eyes of a newbie,
having logged in seems like you are a member or user of
something. I reviewed my notes and had circled that text but
could not find a definition. I was scanning for the term
"developer" to avoid that path. 

Are all "members" in fact "developers"? If they are, then
the term "member" may shift the reader's focus from [what
privileges they have] to [how developers are associated with
projects (i.e. membership)].  


3)
Hmmm...ok ...
File? What file? 
Probably a silly question. 


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By: yeupou
Date: Tue 03/11/03 at 20:50
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Hi, 
 
Your comments are interesting, thanks. 
 
1) Can you give more details? 
2) I changed recently from "Developer" to "Member" access 
because many people that are "Developer" tried to use this 
access without being member of the project.  
So Developer is not better than Member. But you're right, 
someone may understand Member as Savannah member and not 
project member. 
But the first phrase under the title is pretty explicit « Only project 
members can access the CVS tree via this method, which gives 
write permission », isn't it? 
 
3) Ok, the message could be better, but the second part of the 
phrase is important  : « After submitting, verify that the number of 
keys in your file is what you expected ». 

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