web site (was Re: next level of freedesktop.org)

[Biju Chacko]

On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:16:50 -0400, Havoc Pennington wrote:

> What about the Specifications and Software toplevel categories on
> www.freedesktop.org now?
> 
> I certainly don't mind having different virtual hosts or urls for
> specs and software, that seems logical.

It's more symbolic than anything else. It makes it clear that
facilitating interoperability standards is freedesktop.org's main goal.
Hosting projects is (IMO) subsidiary to that goal.

[...]
> I don't know, anything that works pretty well is fine with me.
> Ultimately up to whoever we can get to hack on it. ;-)
> 
> I don't have a ton of time to work on the web site, so if it's up to
> only me I'd just move over what's currently there. Part of the reason
> to move to new hosting, though, is that if we move other people can
> have shell accounts and do work like this.

I'll be happy to utilise some of my 'copius free time' to help out.

-- b

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