On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Jonathan Gregory < [email protected]> wrote:
> With some technical effort, the trac system was set up so that all ticket > updates are sent to everyone on the CF email list. I believe this is an > important requirement, since we want the trac discussions to be inclusive, > and > people won't join in if they don't know they're going on. Can that be > arranged > with GitHub? yes -- gitHub issues integrate very well with email. > What advantages would GitHub offer over trac? I don't think we > should have any more channels for discussion; we could agree to replace > trac > with GitHub, but it wouldn't be a good idea to maintain both at once. > gitHub has a nicer, more featureful interface and API, and is now more widely used and thus more familiar to more people. Also, once someone has a single gitHub identity, they can use that for everything on gitHub -- I know I'm not that only one that has WAY too many passwords! So I think we'd get better / more participation. There was also talk of managing the doc itself on gitHub at some point -- that would be great. -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [email protected]
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