Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Re: [Savannah-register-public] project approval

[Michael J. Flickinger]

Karl Berry wrote:
> As I say above, it's not up to me to make final decisions -- I think we
> should try to reach a consensus.  (Before changing guidelines, we should
> at least hear from Michael and Jim, who have done much more than me with
> savannah internals.)  My personal view at the moment is that I'm still
> having trouble with the idea of hosting Windows-only software on
> Savannah.

I'm going to have to agree here.  I think any policy change should be 
made by consensus via email discussion in a public mailing list, such as 
savannah-hackers-public.  This way we allow for public commentary on any 
proposed changes.  Plus, it adds a level of transparency, which other 
"free" software development management sites lack.

Personally, I sort of see windows-only-software as a dependency issue. 
If a project is for "windows only", then windows becomes a requirement 
to run the software.  When you really boil it down, if a package will 
only run on windows, then windows becomes a non-free dependency, which I 
have trouble with... especially since it's the operating system...

--

Michael