Re: Volunteers for GNU and GNU management [Was: Re: Subprojects in Savannah]

[Christopher Dimech]

Dear Richard,

For uniformity, Gnu software should be downloaded from Gnu websites and
sponsored by the FSF, regardless where the original projects are hosted
and how.  This even though many Gnu packages distribute in other ways,
and have done so for a long time.

We must start looking at things in a different way.  We are
loosing long term vision by being complacent on the work being
done against the word required.  One possibility is to categorise
Gnu Packages according to some criterion, so that for some packages,
work can be focused according to specifically defined operational
procedures as soon as the situation falls below a certain threshold.

Luis and myself have some experience on this:  We both work in areas
where major humanitarian crises induced by natural disasters or conflicts,
and infectious disease events (including outbreaks), results in an IASC
Level 3 (L3) Activation to ensure effective response.

COVID-19 crisis is for instance an L3 emergency.

Let's keep this in mind!  There are aspects of life that require us to get out
of our bed to face the world, irrespective of our level of tiredness, 
joyfulness,
pleasantness, or whatever.

Sincerely
Christopher

> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2020 at 12:27 AM
> From: "Luis Falcon" <falcon@gnuhealth.org>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>, savannah-hackers@gnu.org, 
> bandali@gnu.org, bob@proulx.com, "Richard Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>, "Christian 
> Grothoff" <christian@grothoff.org>
> Subject: Re: Volunteers for GNU and GNU management [Was: Re: Subprojects in 
> Savannah]
>
> On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 22:43:18 +0100
> Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2020 at 10:26 PM
> > > From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>
> > > To: "Luis Falcon" <falcon@gnuhealth.org>
> > > Cc: dimech@gmx.com, savannah-hackers@gnu.org, bandali@gnu.org,
> > > bob@proulx.com Subject: Re: Volunteers for GNU and GNU management
> > > [Was: Re: Subprojects in Savannah]
> > >
> > > I think there is little point in continuing to discuss how you think
> > > Savannah is run, it is up to the Savannah hackers how they decide
> > > what they wish to work on, or not.  You can call this "wrong" or a
> > > "mistake" -- but it doesn't change the way how the GNU project
> > > works.
> >
> > Because Savannah is the central point for development, maintenance
> > and distribution of official GNU software, this changes things
> > somewhat - making "let people decide what they wish to work on"
> > problematic, to say the least.  In professional settings, it is
> > absurd.  Yet some people boast that "A Gnu System today runs the
> > computing needs of the International Space Station".
>
> Fully agree. It is not only about "them" and what they do, it is about
> us, as a community. We are not, can not, and will not be passive
> bystanders. You can bet on this.
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> As Christopher points out, our projects are hosted at GNU, and the
> our project's reputation is at stake.
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> Alfred, you seem to be good at sending links and asking people to read
> GNU documents.... now is time for you to read this... several
> times:
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>       National Public health systems today use and depend on GNU
>       Health today.
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> That is, millions of individuals can not become hostages of someone's
> will to maintain the operating system or the repository server. Is that
> crystal clear? Respect!
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> Enough is enough. For a moment I thought that we at GNU were seeing the
> light at the end of the tunnel, but it was a mirage.
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> I had it with all this nonsense.
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