Sorin Sbarnea
Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:42:04 -0700
Anything different from current situation would be better but I don't see much interest in the subject and this is sad. For the long term success of an open source project is very important to make it accessible, visible and to facilitate contributions and knowledge exchange.
The big question is what does Alexander think about this? -- /sorin http://nusunt.eu On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 17:12, Rodolfo Borges<rodolfo.bor...@gmail.com> wrote: > #1 Because Google Code doesn't support git. > > I vote for github.com (more feature-complete) or gitorious.org. > > On 7/27/09, Sorin Sbarnea <sorin.sbar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> First I want to say that I really appreciate LFTP as a very good >> open-source product. >> >> Because I has some issues using LFTP in my day-to-day work I have some >> questions/suggestions. >> >> #1 Why not using Google Code for hosting the project? They provide a >> very good platform that contains a nice bug tracker, source control >> and wiki. In addition they have a much better uptime than current >> hosting - I do usually have problems accesing lftp.yar.ru like "The >> connection was reset". Also, It does provide a very good email address >> protection and spam protection via "moderate firs post" feature. >> >> #2 Why not using Google Groups - it is much better than majordomo and >> you can subscribe to the threads that you are interested in. Also the >> web interface is maybe the most powerful. >> >> #3 Where is located the source code repository? The download page does >> not contain it and the one published on >> https://www.ohloh.net/p/lftp/enlistments is no longer working (I was >> working 9 month ago). >> >> #4. Building latest version (3.7.14 or 3.7.15) on a *clean* CentOS 5 >> does create an executable that gives a segmentation fault even when >> you call it with "lftp --help" >> >> #5 Getting a portable win32 build is a real pain >> >> #6 Why not having a bug tracker? (#1 would solve this) >> >> #7 Why not using a wiki for the website, it's easier to update. For >> example the link to binaries is not working for months - >> ftp://lftp.yar.ru/lftp/binaries/ >> >> Thanks, >> -- >> /sorin >> http://nusunt.eu >> >