12-19-2012, 02:58 PM
(12-15-2012, 04:24 AM)nyov Wrote: Hi all.Yeah open-source is really our primary advantage over every other hosting solution. And Google (Code) sites rank the best on Google.
I just saw this thread by chance and wanted to put my 2(mio) cents here.
First, I put up a github mirror of your repository[1] (before I ever read this forum) because, while I can't really use the software as is,
it's the only really open source one of its kind[2] and I don't much trust "encrypted" scripts like b**billing and such
since they tend to "phone home" without my permission and generally can't be audited (nice selling point for you guys right there).
(12-15-2012, 04:24 AM)nyov Wrote: Second, I would encourage a move to a decentralized vcs, be that git or mercurial (github or bitbucket for hosted versions) because of the workflow they represent.Definitely a more complete solution. With Subversion the best we can do is have users/potential committers submit a patch/diff.
I don't frequent forums very much. I also don't likely sign up to projects for commiting rights to any VCS, I simply don't push my code back,
Call me lazy, but this is where Github (et al) shines.
I clone a repo, do my stuff, and if it's good I fork it on github, push my changes and open a pull request at the source (or mail a patch to someone).
Then they can take it or leave it and I don't care much about it. So for one-shot code submissions it's great. No commitment needed.
Which means for any project hosted there, it's likely receiving more code love than any vcs requireing signup/commit access beforehand.
(12-15-2012, 04:24 AM)nyov Wrote: (I don't know how googlecode works, but I'm not likely to get a google account anytime soon, so f*** themThe funny thing is the only reason I have a GitHub account is because I have a Google account.
There's a pretty good chance we'll be moving from Google Code to GitHub in the future. Question though, what about wiki/documentation space? The Google Code implementation is quite simple/straightforward.
(12-15-2012, 04:24 AM)nyov Wrote: Merry ChristmasMerry Christmas!
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