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<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>back-page</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../style.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../local.css" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <div class="page"> <div class="pageheader"> <div class="header"> <span> <span class="parentlinks"> <a href="../">Savannah documentation</a>/ </span> <span class="title"> back-page </span> </span> </div> </div> <div id="pagebody"> <div id="content" role="main"> <h1>Back page: Savannah for the most patient</h1> <h2>Table of contents</h2> <ul> <li><a href="./#general">General info</a></li> <li><a href="./#accounts">Accounts</a></li> <li><a href="./#groups">Groups: registration and management</a></li> <li><a href="./#vcs">Version control systems</a></li> <li><a href="./#group-web-pages">Group web pages</a></li> <li><a href="./#downloads">Downloads</a></li> <li><a href="./#mailing-lists">Mailing lists</a></li> <li><a href="./#web-ui">Web UI</a></li> <li><a href="./#access">Access issues</a></li> <li><a href="./#logs">Historical records</a></li> <li><a href="./#hacking">Savannah setup, hacking, internals</a></li> <li><a href="./#minor">Minor pages</a></li> <li><a href="./#obsolete">Obsolete and superseded</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="general"></a> General info</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../WhyChooseSavannah/">What we provide</a></li> <li><a href="../GNUvsNonGNU/">GNU vs. non-GNU</a></li> <li><a href="../GettingHelp/">How to get help</a></li> <li><a href="../NewServiceSupport/">Requesting new services</a></li> <li><a href="../NotSavannahAdmins/">Services outside Savannah</a></li> <li><a href="../HowToBecomeASavannahHacker/">Contributing to Savannah</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahHackersCommunication/">Savannah mailing lists</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahTeam/">List of Savannah volunteers</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahCountryRestrictions/">(No) country-based restrictions</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahCryptographicRestrictions/">Legal notice on cryptographic software</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="accounts"></a> Accounts</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../NewAccount/">Registration</a></li> <li><a href="../AccountCredentials/">Credentials</a></li> <li><a href="../WhyLogin/">Logging in</a></li> <li><a href="../DoWeHaveYourPassword/">What we can do with your passphrase</a></li> <li><a href="../LostPassword/">Recovering passphrases: the easy case</a></li> <li><a href="../LostAccounts/">Recovering accounts: in depth</a></li> <li><a href="../UsingGpg/">Savannah and GnuPG</a></li> <li><a href="../IdleAccounts/">Idle accounts are automatically cleared</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="groups"></a> Groups: registration and management</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../NonGnuToGnu/">Becoming a GNU package</a></li> <li><a href="../HowDoIResetMyProject/">Removing groups</a></li> </ul> <h3>Registration</h3> <h4>Hosting requirements</h4> <ul> <li><a href="../HowToGetYourProjectApprovedQuickly/">How to get your package approved quickly</a></li> <li><a href="../RequirementThreshold/">Threshold to pass approval process</a></li> <li><a href="../URIsToTheDependencies/">What dependencies are</a></li> <li><a href="../ProjectDependencies/">Your dependencies must be free</a></li> <li><a href="../LicensingRequirements/">Licensing requirements</a></li> <li><a href="../FileFormats/">File formats</a></li> <li><a href="../DocumentationFormats/">Documentation formats</a></li> <li><a href="../DualLicensing/">Dual licensing</a></li> <li><a href="../ProprietaryUseOfFreeSoftware/">Don't mention proprietary licensing</a></li> <li><a href="../NoAdvertising/">No advertising</a></li> </ul> <h5>Further details</h5> <ul> <li><a href="../ValidNotices/">Valid copyright and license notices</a></li> <li><a href="../WhyLegalChecksBeforeRelease/">Why legal checks before release?</a></li> <li><a href="../HowKnowIfALicenseIsFreeIn3Points/">How to know if a license is free</a></li> <li><a href="../DocumentationNotices/">Legal notices in documentation</a></li> <li><a href="../ReverseEngineering/">Reverse engineering</a></li> <li><a href="../GnuGplTwoOrLater/">Why no GPLv*-only?</a></li> </ul> <h5>Specific software and licenses</h5> <ul> <li><a href="../CplIssues/">Common Public License</a></li> <li><a href="../DotNetIssues/">.Net</a></li> <li><a href="../JavaIssues/">Java</a></li> <li><a href="../PhpIssues/">PHP License</a></li> </ul> <h4>Externally hosted packages</h4> <ul> <li><a href="../AboutTranslations/">Hosting translations</a></li> <li><a href="../UpstreamCollaboration/">Working with upstream</a></li> <li><a href="../MirroringExternalRepository/">Mirroring packages hosted elsewhere</a></li> </ul> <h3>For Savannah admins</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../ProjectApproval/">Submission approval</a></li> <li><a href="../ApprovingSubmission/">Approving new groups: technical steps</a></li> <li><a href="../RemovingProject/">Removing groups</a></li> <li><a href="../NonGnuToGnuSysadmin/">Moving from nongnu to gnu</a></li> <li><a href="../ModifyingGroupType/">Modifying pending group type</a></li> <li><a href="../ChangingLicense/">Changing group license</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="vcs"></a> Version control systems</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../UsingVcs/">Generic notes</a></li> </ul> <h3><a id="cvs"></a> CVS</h3> <p>CVS is the oldest version control system supported and the only one that is older than Savannah itself, so its legacy is the richest.</p> <ul> <li><a href="../CvsGettingStarted/">Getting started</a></li> <li><a href="../CvsImportExistingProject/">Importing files</a></li> <li><a href="../CvsImportExistingRepo/">Importing repository</a></li> <li><a href="../CvsRsyncWriteAccess/">Access via rsync</a></li> <li><a href="../AccessToCVSROOT/">Access to CVSROOT</a></li> <li><a href="../CvsDisabling/">Disabling CVS</a></li> <li><a href="../CvsNotifications/">Configuring email notifications</a></li> </ul> <h3><a id="svn"></a> Subversion</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../SvN/">Subversion at Savannah</a></li> <li><a href="../SvnImportExistingRepo/">Importing existing repository</a></li> </ul> <h3>Other</h3> <p>All other hosted systems are a few years younger than Savannah.</p> <ul> <li><a href="../UsingGit/">Git</a></li> <li><a href="../UsingBzr/">GNU Bazaar</a></li> <li><a href="../UsingHg/">Mercurial</a></li> <li><a href="../UsingGnuArch/">Don't use GNU Arch</a></li> </ul> <h3>Miscellaneous</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../MonoToNe/">(No) Monotone</a></li> <li><a href="../JustSFTP/">Why not just SFTP?</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="group-web-pages"></a> Group web pages</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../HomePage/">General info</a></li> <li><a href="../HomepageUpload/">Uploading</a></li> <li><a href="../HomepageAvailabilityOfPhpAndMysql/">Miscellaneous technical notes</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="downloads"></a> Downloads</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../DownloadArea/">Uploading your releases</a></li> <li><a href="../SharedDownloadArea/">Appropriate file attributes</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="mailing-lists"></a> Mailing lists</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../AnnouncementMailingList/">Basic configuration</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="web-ui"></a> Web UI</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../WebUIOverview/">WebUIOverview</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahUpdateDelays/">Update delays</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahURLShortcuts/">URL shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="../AdvancedURLs/">URLs for scripting</a></li> </ul> <h3>Trackers</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../FightingSpam/">Fighting spam</a></li> <li><a href="../DataExport/">Exporting items</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/administration/savane.git/tree/doc/comments-via-email?h=frontend">Commenting via email</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/administration/savane.git/tree/doc/signed-notifications?h=frontend">GPG-signed notifications</a></li> </ul> <h3>Mailing lists</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../MailingListCreation/">Creating (and configuring) mailing lists</a></li> </ul> <h3>Superusers</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../ImpersonatingSomebody/">Impersonating</a></li> <li><a href="../DeletingUserAccount/">Deleting accounts</a></li> <li><a href="../RenamingAccounts/">Renaming accounts</a></li> <li><a href="../ManuallyChangeE-mail/">Changing email</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="access"></a> Access issues and tips</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../MailWhyNoMailFromSavannah/">No mail from Savannah</a></li> <li><a href="../CvsFromBehindFirewall/">CVS from behind firewall</a></li> <li><a href="../GpgAgent/">Caching your GnuPG passphrase</a></li> <li><a href="../SshAccess/">SSH access</a></li> <li><a href="../ShellAccess/">Shell access</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahTLSInfo/">Savannah TLS Information</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="logs"></a> Logs and historical records</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../RecoveredAccounts/">Recovered account log</a></li> <li><a href="../Compromise2010/">Compromise 2010 report</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahAnnounce/">Initing to savannah-announce</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="hacking"></a> Savannah setup, hacking, internals</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../CodeOfConduct/">Tips on communications</a></li> <li><a href="../Backup/">How Savannah data are archived</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahDatabaseSchema/">A few words about our database schema</a></li> <li><a href="../SavaneSetup/">How Savane is updated</a></li> </ul> <h3>Download</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../Mirroring/">Mirroring at Savannah</a></li> </ul> <h3>Host configuration</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../GnuArchitecture/">GNU hosts</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahArchitecture/">Savannah architecture</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahHosts/">Savannah hosts</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahServices/">Services hosted at Savannah servers</a></li> <li><a href="../AudioVideo/">audio-video.gnu.org</a></li> <li><a href="../SavaneConfiguration/">Savane configuration</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahInternals/">Savannah internals</a></li> <li><a href="../DNS/">Editing DNS entries</a></li> <li><a href="../https/">HTTPS certificates</a></li> <li><a href="../SavaneReleases/">Savane release cycle</a></li> <li><a href="../MigrationChecklist/">Migration checklist</a></li> <li><a href="../FrontEndHostRedirection/">Web redirections</a></li> <li><a href="../ManuallyInstalledPackages/">Manually installed packages</a></li> </ul> <h4>Frontend</h4> <ul> <li><a href="../FrontEnd/">Savannah frontend</a></li> <li><a href="../FrontEndSetup/">Frontend setup</a></li> <li><a href="../HowToAdminThisWiki/">How to admin this wiki</a></li> <li><a href="../FrontEndNotificationEmails/">Email notifications from frontend</a></li> <li><a href="../FrontEndDebuggingTips/">Frontend debugging tips</a></li> <li><a href="../RunningSavaneLocally/">Running savane locally</a></li> </ul> <h4>Backend</h4> <ul> <li><a href="../BackEndSetup/">Backend setup</a></li> </ul> <h3>Monitoring</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../Nagios/">Nagios at Savannah</a></li> <li><a href="../StatusMonitor/">Ideas for health monitor</a></li> </ul> <h3>Mailing lists</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../MailSystem/">Savannah mail system</a></li> <li><a href="../ListServer/">Mailing list server</a></li> <li><a href="../MailingListsInternals/">Mailing list management</a></li> <li><a href="../ResetListPassword/">Resetting password</a></li> <li><a href="../ImportMailingListArchive/">Imporiting mailing list archives</a></li> <li><a href="../MailingListNotes/">Moderating specific mailing lists</a></li> <li><a href="../ListHelperAntiSpam/">Antispam with listhelper</a></li> <li><a href="../MailFiltering/">Filtering spam at FSF mail servers</a></li> </ul> <h3>VCS</h3> <h4>CVS</h4> <ul> <li><a href="../ImportingCVSRepository/">Importing repository</a></li> <li><a href="../CvS/">Tasks for Savannah hackers</a></li> <li><a href="../CvSToSvN/">Converting to SVN: a datapoint</a></li> </ul> <h4>Other</h4> <ul> <li><a href="../SvNTasks/">Subversion: tasks for Savannah hackers</a></li> <li><a href="../AdminSvnImport/">Subversion: importing</a></li> <li><a href="../Git/">Git</a></li> <li><a href="../Hg/">Mercurial</a></li> <li><a href="../GNUArch/">Arch</a></li> </ul> <h3>Miscellaneous</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../TasksList/">Ideas for Savannah</a></li> <li><a href="../SavaneTasks/">Ideas for Savane</a></li> <li><a href="../UserAuthentication/">User authentication</a></li> <li><a href="../RecruitingVolunteers/">Recruiting Savannah volunteers</a></li> </ul> <h3>Obscure actions</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../RenamingProjectGroup/">Renaming groups</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="minor"></a> Minor pages</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../SavannahHacker/">SavannahHacker</a></li> <li><a href="../GnuOrgTranslationTeams/">GNU translation teams</a></li> <li><a href="../SavannahInvalidHTML/">Reporting bugs in HTML</a></li> </ul> <h3>CVS</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../CvsAnonymous/">CvsAnonymous</a></li> </ul> <h3>Group registration</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../WhatIsTheRegistrationProcess/">WhatIsTheRegistrationProcess</a></li> <li><a href="../WhatDoesItMeanToBecomeAGNUPackage/">WhatDoesItMeanToBecomeAGNUPackage</a></li> </ul> <h2><a id="obsolete"></a> Obsolete and superseded</h2> <p><a href="../PasswordAuthentication/">PasswordAuthentication</a> <a href="../SavaneSvkBranch/">SavaneSvkBranch</a> <a href="../ModerationAutomation/">ModerationAutomation</a> <a href="../SavannahHackingIdeas/">SavannahHackingIdeas</a> <a href="../SavaneRewrite/">SavaneRewrite</a> <a href="../VPNConfiguration/">VPNConfiguration</a> <a href="../FrontEndDevelopmentSite/">FrontEndDevelopmentSite</a> <a href="../RemountableHome/">RemountableHome</a> <a href="../ZWiki/">ZWiki</a> <a href="../ZopeBackup/">ZopeBackup</a> <a href="../HowDoIAddSearchTerms/">HowDoIAddSearchTerms</a> <a href="../SynchronizedExternalRepositories/">SynchronizedExternalRepositories</a> <a href="../Mirmon/">Mirmon</a> <a href="../MigrationFromSourceForge/">MigrationFromSourceForge</a> <a href="../ForAdministrators/">ForAdministrators</a> <a href="../WhatIsTheStatusOfMyProjectRegistration/">WhatIsTheStatusOfMyProjectRegistration</a> <a href="../VPN/">VPN</a> <a href="../SavaneInABox/">SavaneInABox</a> <a href="../Stats/">Stats</a> <a href="../UsingCvs/">CVS basic directions</a> <a href="../SqlQueries/">Sql queries</a></p> <hr /> <p>Copyright © 2023, 2024 Ineiev</p> <p>Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. 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