[DotGNU]Re: [Auth]DNS forgery

[David Sugar]

I recall there was an interesting proposal to do a single login plugin 
awhile back in here, and I would like to see this work move forward.  I 
think there are a number of good ideas that I have seen discussed that 
should get activily worked on.  Some of these may become officially part 
of DotGNU and GNU packages, and some may not.  So long as they are done 
as free software, I would happy to see these things moving forward.

Ideally if someone wants to start a package or take on a task in DotGNU, 
one should fill out a proposal as per the web site.  This does not mean 
people cannot work on things until they are "sanctioned".  Certainly 
people will work on things as they will choose and feel fit to.  If a 
project intends to become part of DotGNU, and part of GNU as a whole, it 
does have to follow certain guildelines and those should best be kept in 
mind from very the start.  These are generally well established 
guidelines from other GNU projects. 

We do ask that projects which are started and that intend to become part 
of DotGNU in the future do follow those guidelines, and we will 
certainly work with things that are developed as free software whether 
part of DotGNU officially or not.  There are certain areas of work that 
extreme dilligence will have to be obverved, and most of these fall into 
areas that are covered already in GNU Portable.NET.

New projects started on Savannah should be done thru 
freesoftware.fsf.org and noted that they are not GNU packages initially, 
or even "designated" DotGNU packages, but general as new free software 
packages.  As noted on Savannah, "Becoming part of the GNU project is 
not a pre-condition to use Savannah".  I think it would be easier to 
start a new package there only because it would be less work to migrate 
it later if/when it becomes part of GNU.  Starting a new package this 
way will save some time in terms of getting things going quickly if 
people are very eager to work on something.  

If people wish to submit proposals for and wish to work on things, there 
is plenty of work left to be done.  The most active areas of official 
DotGNU development so far have been around GNU Portable.NET and things 
related to DotGNU SEE.  To help provide some better guidance of where 
DotGNU intends and needs to go, a better overall project list and 
roadmap will be created.   If people have input they wish to share in 
this area, I think everyone is quite open to hearing those ideas discussed.

David