Gnus, git, www.gnus.org (was: Gnus Git repository info and comitters: need updated password)

[Reiner Steib <reiner.steib@gmx.de>]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:10:17 +0100 Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> >> I don't know how soon www.gnus.org can be updated because it's managed
> >> by Lars outside what I can edit, but I think disabling the Gnus CVS
> >> repository will be a pretty good way to indicate it's no longer active.
> >> I can always re-enable it if there's a need.  [...]
> 
> L> May it be possible for some one to take over maintenance from Lars?
> 
> So far Lars is not interested in this option and I'm not eager to run
> yet another web site.  I haven't heard from Reiner Steib in ages so I
> don't know his position.  

Just a sign of life from me...  I'm away from my regular internet connection and
will be away for one week (or more if the vulcano ashes stays?). The time before
I was quite busy, both at work and in private life.

> IMO it's best to set up an automatic publisher of the www.gnus.org and
> git.gnus.org sites straight from Git (which is why I set up the www/
> directory).  That will work regardless of who is the web site maintainer
> and will take the publishing burden off that person.  

I think the whole web site should be in the repository (like on
savannah.gnu.org), I already suggested this to Lars (maybe a year ago).

Please try to make sure to update the web pages WRT cvs when doing the official
switch. Do you intend to sync from git to cvs?

WRT to the switch to some other VC system: I'd prefer not to have a different
one than for Emacs, but well...

BTW, http://git.gnus.org says:
| The comitter should also have a ~/.netrc file that says
| machine git.gnus.org login yourlogin password yourpassword

Is it really necessary to store the *unencrypted* password in .netrc?

Bye, Reiner