Re: [Savannah-users] Error message: my account does not exist

[Sylvain Beucler]

There used to be a time when more people understood the virtues of
decentralization and the dangers of centralization.

-- 
Sylvain


On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:39:39AM -0700, Daniel Clemente wrote:
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> Yes, that helps, thanks.
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> > Savannah and Gna both use the same piece of software
> > (savane) to build their 
> > sites, so they look similar. 
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>   But very very similar indeed.
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>   Compare both descriptions: which is which?
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> Welcome to ............., the software forge for people committed to Free 
> Software:
>     * We host free projects that run on free operating systems and without 
> any proprietary software dependencies
> ...
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> This site is a central point for development, distribution and maintenance of 
> Libre Software (Free Software) projects. 
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> Both host a list of projects:
> https://savannah.gnu.org/search/index.php?type_of_search=soft&words=%%%
> https://gna.org/search/index.php?type_of_search=soft&words=%%%
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> And there are places where you can see information about both at once: 
> https://gna.org/projects/savane
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>   This is confusing, specially to new users (I mean new users of 
> Gna/Savannah). It seems that we have two project management projects and 
> there seems to be no cause for division.
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>   Compare with Ubuntu's Launchpad: it is just one platform; there is no 
> visible division between the program Launchpad and the project tracking 
> portal Launchpad.
>   They may have some demo installations of the program Launchpad, but this is 
> hidden from the user.
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>   Is the division Savannah/Gna an ethical one? A technical one? It would be 
> helpful to have a page which explains the limits of both, and why they don't 
> merge.
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> -- Daniel
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