Le 13/09/14 09:52, Ben Finney a écrit : > Sylvain Thénault > <sylvain.thena...@logilab.fr> writes: > >> On 12 septembre 08:18, Carl Crowder wrote: >>> I think it's a good idea. I personally dislike contributing to >>> hg-based projects because it's such a faff for me compared to using >>> git, and I wouldn't be surprised if others are put off contributing >>> for a similar reason (not that I'm saying the reason is good, I'm just >>> lazy!) >> Isn't this rather a question of platform - github vs bitbucket ? > No, using Git doesn't imply GitHub hosting. Likewise, using Mercurial > doesn't imply Bitbucket hosting. > > I think it's a better idea to host a repository on something like a > Gitorious instance, since it avoids proprietary extensions (such as > those of GitHub) to ensure there's no lock-in to a specific provider. > > So please, mke the decision of which VCS *system* independent of which > *hosting service*. And please choose a hosting service without > proprietary extensions.
This is very true - however the (sad) truth is that having a project on github.com boosts contributions like nowhere else - and I guess at the end of the day it's still beneficial for OSS. Cheers Tarek _______________________________________________ code-quality mailing list code-quality@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/code-quality
