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'''Gna!''' is a centralized location where software developers can develop, distribute and maintain free software. | '''Gna!''' is a centralized location where software developers can develop, distribute and maintain free (GPL-compatible) software. It is an instance of the [http://savannah.nongnu.org/p/savane-cleanup Savane] code-hosting platform<ref>https://gna.org/cookbook/?func=detailitem&item_id=105</ref>. | ||
== Hosted data == | |||
As of 2017-02 it claimed to have 1458 hosted projects. (Many are probably abandoned and will not be saved by their project admins before shutdown.) | |||
* '''Code hosting''' using CVS, Subversion, and (apparently) Arch | |||
** All subversion repos available via anonymous rsync: rsync://svn.gna.org/svn/ (ref: bottom of every project's svn page e.g. [https://gna.org/svn/?group=admin]) | |||
** Ditto CVS, it looks like: rsync://svn.gna.org/cvs/ | |||
** FIXME: what about Arch/tla? [https://gna.org/cookbook/?func=detailitem&item_id=101] | |||
** There's also a ViewVC web front-end to browse code. | |||
* '''Ticket tracking''' | |||
** Project admins (only) can set up XML export of their own issue text/metadata (e.g., [https://gna.org/task/?func=detailitem&item_id=7741]). | |||
** There's no supported interface for grabbing issue attachments (such as patches) even for project admins though. | |||
** Only option for third parties looks like web scraping. | |||
** Individual tickets can be private. | |||
* '''File hosting''' at http://download.gna.org/ | |||
* '''Project websites''' | |||
** These are managed via Subversion [https://gna.org/cookbook/?func=detailitem&item_id=107], so grabbing svn by rsync as above should also save website data + history | |||
* '''Project documentation''': FIXME | |||
* '''Mailing lists''' using [[Mailman]] | |||
** Which means public archives are available in mbox format (albeit with email addresses mangled). e.g. [https://mail.gna.org/public/freeciv-announce/] | |||
** Some mailing lists are private. | |||
* '''Project metadata''': groups, users, news etc. Probably only available via web scraping. | |||
* '''Usage stats''' at http://stats.gna.org/ | |||
== Shutdown Notice == | == Shutdown Notice == | ||
<ref>https://mail.gna.org/public/project/2016-11/msg00001.html</ref> | * A pending shutdown was first announced in Nov 2016<ref>https://mail.gna.org/public/project/2016-11/msg00001.html</ref> | ||
* A news item was posted to the front page 2017-01-31 linking to the above. | |||
* Exact shutdown timeline is currently (2017-02) unclear. | |||
Revision as of 12:50, 25 February 2017
| Gna! | |
| URL | http://www.gna.org |
| Status | Closing |
| Archiving status | In progress... |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| IRC channel | #gnarm (on hackint) |
Gna! is a centralized location where software developers can develop, distribute and maintain free (GPL-compatible) software. It is an instance of the Savane code-hosting platform[1].
Hosted data
As of 2017-02 it claimed to have 1458 hosted projects. (Many are probably abandoned and will not be saved by their project admins before shutdown.)
- Code hosting using CVS, Subversion, and (apparently) Arch
- Ticket tracking
- Project admins (only) can set up XML export of their own issue text/metadata (e.g., [3]).
- There's no supported interface for grabbing issue attachments (such as patches) even for project admins though.
- Only option for third parties looks like web scraping.
- Individual tickets can be private.
- File hosting at http://download.gna.org/
- Project websites
- These are managed via Subversion [4], so grabbing svn by rsync as above should also save website data + history
- Project documentation: FIXME
- Mailing lists using Mailman
- Which means public archives are available in mbox format (albeit with email addresses mangled). e.g. [5]
- Some mailing lists are private.
- Project metadata: groups, users, news etc. Probably only available via web scraping.
- Usage stats at http://stats.gna.org/
Shutdown Notice
- A pending shutdown was first announced in Nov 2016[2]
- A news item was posted to the front page 2017-01-31 linking to the above.
- Exact shutdown timeline is currently (2017-02) unclear.