From: james_b <james_b@...>
Date: 2003-08-04T00:09:22+09:00
Subject: Re: is rubyforge down ?

Tom Copeland wrote:
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> 
> The email seems to have been sent:
<snip/>


> 
> but please let me know if you don't get it and I can either delete your
> account and you can reregister or I can just manually activate your
> account.

I decided to try registering again; that e-mail reached me in about 2 
minutes.

> 
> 
>>Also, two questions:
>>How hard is it to change a project name?  I have something I think I 
>>might put on RubyForge, but I'm not really sure what to call 
>>it.  If I 
>>change my mind later, is it trouble some to rename it?
> 
> 
> It's not _too_ much trouble... just have to hunt down all the usages -
> the CVS repo, the Webalizer the docroot, httpd.conf, the unix group, the
> database... I think that's all.  It's a bit of a pain, but not too bad. 

Ug.  I Think I'll spend some time picking a name, and hang the code of 
my own site for a bit to see who's intersted and if they name makes sense.

> 
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>>Is RubyForge hooked to RAA, such that items on RubyForge get listed 
>>automagically in the RAA?
> 
> 
> Not yet - Hiroshi Nakamura and I began discussing some ways to make this
> happen.  Hiroshi, what do you think?

It would be sweet, and keep people from having to maintain project info 
in more than one place.  Perhaps RAA can slurp an RSS feed.

Thanks for all the effort,

James

> 
> Yours,
> 
> Tom
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