Re: Website documentation and LEGACY package queue

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On Jan 14, 2004, Warren Togami wrote:
> 
> I am currently well beyond the burn out point, so you cannot count me to 
> continue to push Legacy forward.  I will only continue mainly in an 
> advisory position, replicating the build server and signing 
> infrastructure to Jesse Keatings and PogoLinux sponsored server to be 
> hosted at QuantumLinux.  Other than that, I will try to post mainly 
> about the large needs of the project and ways in which you can help, 
> until it is no longer needed.

Thanks.

> http://www.fedoralegacy.org/
> 
> Think about what a user seeking help from the EOL disaster would think 
> when they see the page.  For one, the Legacy Launch Plan (draft 2) is 
> very old by this point.  Another thing is the complete lack of mention 
> of the existing published yum for RH7.x.  Overall some parts like the 
> launch plan need to be rewritten & replaced entirely, perhaps with a 
> project overview type thing.

I think at this point the "Plan" should just become what are policy is.  Right?  I will take some time today and try to review the site and come up with a laundry list of items.  Then work on some of what I can.

> The rest of the site needs a lot more explanation about how things work, 
> and what the user needs to do, but unfortunately that cannot come 
> without the packages being worked on, QA'ed and published.
> 
> http://www.fedora.us/LEGACY
> 
> Do your best to work within the existing fedora.us policies, and discuss 
> here about ways to further modify those rules for legacy.  I will update 
>   the fedora.us documentation to match the saner ideas in the 
> discussion.  I will help by building whatever is approved, and sometimes 
> approving packages myself.  I personally have the capability to QA and 
> test packages on RH8 only, but due to limited time I will only do a 
> select few.  (Like CVS is probably the most serious right now.)

Thanks for your help.

--
Christian Pearce
http://www.commnav.com




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