Re: [ioquake3] ioquake3 2013 - moving source control to github

2013-01-10 Thread Harley Laue
Part of the reason it didn't work out great for iodoom was server maintenance. Also, you've confused the Gitorious software (which allows you to have your own deployment) with Gitorious as a service (which is what uZu mentioned.) Gitorious's service actually isn't too bad, but it does lack

Re: [ioquake3] ioquake3 2013 - moving source control to github

2013-01-10 Thread Tim Angus
On 10/01/13 07:24, uZu wrote: Hi there, I also think that moving to git is a good step but Mercurial would have been as good, both are decentralized and powerful SCM, which is what really matters ^^ FWIW I would have been happy with either. I have more experience with hg and I think it has a

Re: [ioquake3] ioquake3 2013 - moving source control to github

2013-01-08 Thread Daniel Gibson
I think github is a very good choice. It works (in contrast to gitorious) and is really fun to use. I think the usual objections against cloud-based services don't apply here: * they can't steal source/intellectual property because it's open source anyway. * a vendor-lock-in or something like

Re: [ioquake3] ioquake3 2013 - moving source control to github

2013-01-07 Thread eviljoel
Hi, Eh, finally replying to e-mails. Was an online hermit for the last few days. I totally agree with moving to git and have no objection with GitHub. But the one part of the question you didn't answer is that Zakk had some reason for moving Doom3 from GitHub in the first place. Maybe he

Re: [ioquake3] ioquake3 2013 - moving source control to github

2013-01-02 Thread eviljoel
Hey Zachary, Your post really doesn't explain your rational. This is particularly interesting because you took explicit action to fork Doom3 onto your own server. There was also the whole Mercurial debate not too long ago. Care to give some background on your decision? Thanks, eviljoel On

Re: [ioquake3] ioquake3 2013 - moving source control to github

2013-01-02 Thread Ryan C. Gordon
There was also the whole Mercurial debate not too long ago. The consensus was that I liked Mercurial, and everyone else liked git. :) Moving off svn is a no-brainer in 2013...it's old and busted. Git is fine, and my experience is that most people don't want just a git repo, they