Spring cleaning of GDB's web pages

Spring cleaning of GDB's web pages

[Andrew Cagney]

FYI,

I've zapped the following from the GDB web directory:

	contribute.html
	patch-db.html
	patch-checklist.html
	contents.html
	interfaces.html (merged into gdb/documentation)
	issues50.html
	lists.html
	copyright.html

Several others namely:

	assigning.html
	assignment-instructions.html
	assignment.txt
	fsf-forms/assign.changes
	fsf-forms/assign.changes.manual
	fsf-forms/assign.future
	fsf-forms/assign.manual
	fsf-forms/assign.program
	fsf-forms/assignment-instructions.html
	fsf-forms/conditions.text
	fsf-forms/copyrights.html
	fsf-forms/disclaim.changes
	fsf-forms/disclaim.changes.manual
	fsf-forms/disclaim.future
	fsf-forms/disclaim.manual
	fsf-forms/disclaim.program
	fsf-forms/gnu-head-sm.jpg
	fsf-forms/maintain_3.html-orig

I suspect can also go.  I think they all date back to the ``old'' way of 
handling assignments.  JimB?

	Andrew

Re: Spring cleaning of GDB's web pages

[Kevin Buettner]

On Aug 19, 11:49pm, Andrew Cagney wrote:

[regarding the elimination of certain pages from the GDB web directory...]
> I think they all date back to the ``old'' way of handling assignments.

Is there a page which documents the ``new'' way of handling assignments?

Kevin

Re: Spring cleaning of GDB's web pages

[Christopher Faylor]

The new web pages look nice.  Very clean and easy to navigate.

Can I suggest a CVS link, though?  If I was just starting out in the project
I think I'd look for a CVS link and not necessarily know that download == CVS.

cgf

On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 11:49:59PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>FYI,
>
>I've zapped the following from the GDB web directory:
>
>	contribute.html
>	patch-db.html
>	patch-checklist.html
>	contents.html
>	interfaces.html (merged into gdb/documentation)
>	issues50.html
>	lists.html
>	copyright.html

Re: Spring cleaning of GDB's web pages

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 11:45:35 -0700
> From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@cygnus.com>
> 
> On Aug 19, 11:49pm, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
> [regarding the elimination of certain pages from the GDB web directory...]
> > I think they all date back to the ``old'' way of handling assignments.
> 
> Is there a page which documents the ``new'' way of handling assignments?

I guess this is it:

  http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_6.html#SEC6

Re: Spring cleaning of GDB's web pages

[Kevin Buettner]

On Aug 21,  7:55pm, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > [regarding the elimination of certain pages from the GDB web directory...]
> > > I think they all date back to the ``old'' way of handling assignments.
> > 
> > Is there a page which documents the ``new'' way of handling assignments?
> 
> I guess this is it:
> 
>   http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_6.html#SEC6

This page is not very helpful to someone who's trying to get the legal
documents needed for contributing changes to GNU software.

Kevin

Re: Spring cleaning of GDB's web pages

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 01:16:13 -0700
> From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@cygnus.com>
> > 
> >   http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_6.html#SEC6
> 
> This page is not very helpful to someone who's trying to get the legal
> documents needed for contributing changes to GNU software.

I don't see why: it clearly says how to get the documents.

Re: Spring cleaning of GDB's web pages

[Andrew Cagney]

>  This page is not very helpful to someone who's trying to get the legal
>> documents needed for contributing changes to GNU software.
> 
> 
> I don't see why: it clearly says how to get the documents.

I need to double check with JimB but my understanding of the current 
proess suggests that documentation is wrong.

I believe that the process now goes: send the contributor candidate a 
list of questions; dependant on their responses, the central office 
sends them the forms to fill out.

	Andrew

Re: Spring cleaning of GDB's web pages

[Kevin Buettner]

On Aug 22, 11:51am, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > >   http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_6.html#SEC6
> > 
> > This page is not very helpful to someone who's trying to get the legal
> > documents needed for contributing changes to GNU software.
> 
> I don't see why: it clearly says how to get the documents.

It tells maintainers who have access to GNU machines how to get the
documents.  The pointers it provides are useless to everyone else.

I've been told that the new way to obtain these documents is to
contact the appropriate maintainer.  This individual will *hopefully*
be responsive and send a small questionaire to the contributor.  The
contributor answers these questions and the responses allow the
maintainer to send the contributor the correct legal documents.

If this is the case, then the above process needs to be documented
and the responsible maintainer(s) for GDB need to be listed so that
a prospective contributor knows whom to contact...

(Personally, I'd like to see the process streamlined a bit more
so that filling out a web form would cause the appropriate legal
documents to be displayed.)

Kevin