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[wwwdocs] Clarify and simplify how to get SVN write access

Message ID alpine.LSU.2.11.1407061451150.30120@tuna.site
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Gerald Pfeifer July 8, 2014, 12:17 a.m. UTC 
A couple of us noticed, over time, that our instructions on who
can sponsor SVN write access and how to get it are not as clear
as they could be.  This tries to improve that.

And the text even is a bit shorter, overall.

Applied.

Gerald
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Index: svnwrite.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/svnwrite.html,v
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -r1.31 svnwrite.html
--- svnwrite.html	27 Jun 2014 11:48:46 -0000	1.31
+++ svnwrite.html	8 Jul 2014 00:12:20 -0000
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ 
 <h1>Read-write SVN access</h1>
 
 <p>We have read/write access to the SVN repository available for
-significant developers. Maintainers are also encouraged to <a
-  href="bugs/management.html">edit our bugs database</a>.
+maintainers and significant developers.</p>
 
-Our <a href="about.html#cvs">web pages are managed via CVS</a>.
-</p>
+<p>Our <a href="about.html#cvs">web pages are managed via CVS</a>.</p>
 
 <hr />
 <h2>Contents</h2>
@@ -34,16 +32,16 @@ 
 <hr />
 <h2><a name="authenticated">Authenticated access</a></h2>
 
-<p>We provide authenticated access via the SSH protocol.</p> 
-
-<p>If you already have an account on sourceware.org, please send email to
-<code>overseers(at)gcc.gnu.org</code> with a request for access to the GCC
-repository.  Include the name of an existing maintainer who is sponsoring
-your access and CC: your sponsor.
+<p>We provide authenticated access via the SSH protocol.  This needs to
+be sponsored by an existing maintainer (someone with "write after approval"
+is not sufficient).</p>
+
+<p>If you already have an account on sourceware.org, ask
+<code>overseers@gcc.gnu.org</code> to add access to the GCC repository.
+Include the name of your sponsor and CC: her.
 Else use <a
-href="http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/pdw/ps_form.cgi">this form</a>
-to supply your SSH public key (which you can generate via the
-<code>ssh-keygen</code> program) and other details.</p>
+href="http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/pdw/ps_form.cgi">this form</a>,
+again specifying your sponsor.</p>
 
 <p>Once we have this information we will set up an account on
 <code>gcc.gnu.org</code> and inform you by mail. At this point,