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After moving to the new fancy template... we got this ping from the Foundation. > Matthias, Shawn, > Projects are required to keep meta data up to date using the MyFoundation > Portal (http://portal.eclipse.org/). The following problems were found > with this project's meta-data: > > * Project home page (projecturl = http://www.eclipse.org/egit/) does not > have an "About <project>","About This Project" or "Information about > <project>" link. Projects are required to provide that standard link on > their home page (see > http://www.eclipse.org/projects/standard-link-on-home-page.php) . Is this really required? If so, anyone using the new template is violating this and it should be included in the new template so people don't violate it. Or is this just too much process?
I think the new template does a better job of guiding committers in the right direction (with regards to what content they should put on the home page, and how to lay it all out) than a bunch of meta-data checks. "About us" is clearly defined in the first paragraph of your page.
The template does include an "About This Project" link. I don't like the current template because I think it's a little too complex for projects just starting out; but that's not the focus of this bug. I've opened Bug 361859 for that discussion. Since I believe that the original issue has been addressed, I'm marking as FIXED.
