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Date:      Mon, 18 Sep 2000 23:17:02 +0100 (BST)
From:      Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org>
To:        Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: An opportunity for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <XFMail.000918231702.andrew@cream.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000918212800.L567@parish>

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On 18-Sep-00 Mark Ovens wrote:
> I fired off an e-mail to a couple of contacts Nik gave me, one of the
> replies I got is included at the end of this mail. As you can see the
> project is only just getting started and as yet no code has been
> produced. Currently the webpage mentioned in the e-mail has been taken
> down as they discovered that the name "Dewey" (from the Dewey-decimel
> system used for cataloguing by libraries) was trade-marked. The
> project is looking for a new name.

Now called "ScrollKeeper", it would appear.
http://scrollkeeper.sourceforge.net

From what you've said, and from what information is available on their web
site, this certainly sounds like a project worth getting involved in.

> I have subscribed to the mailing list (which is rather quiet at the
> moment, but should liven up once code is available) and would like to
> be able to announce that FreeBSD is "officially" supporting the
> project (which means a committment to adopting Dewey for the
> ports/packages when it reaches production quality). I am willing to
> act as co-ordinator for this and will attempt to do most of the work.

Great. I've also subscribed to their list, just so I can stay in the loop and
offer up any help where I feel I can.

With regard to "officially" deciding to support the project, I guess after
sufficent discussion Nik and Satoshi could a rubber-stamp our final decision.
 
---
Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org>
http://sour.cream.org


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