On 08/07/14 02:08, Zooko O'Whielacronx wrote: > I disagree that Crypto++'s single-committer strategy is a good reason > *not* to move to git and to github. Git and github are fine tools to > use for single-committer projects. > > There are a large number of ways that github would be better than what > we have now — a working issue tracker, a nice source-code browser, and > in general github is a site that a large number of people know how to > find and use. > > Sourceforge seems to be in a bad state and getting worse. Do they > still use http-no-s mirrors? And are the download pages still > festooned with obnoxious ads, some of which try to trick you into > thinking that *they* are the way to download the thing you're trying > to download? In contrast the github maintainers are very active about > improving and maintaining it, there are no ads, and they have a good > track record of caring about security. > > Switching to git and github would also make it easier for people like > me who re-use parts of Crypto++ inside other projects: > https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/pycryptopp/tree/master/src-cryptopp > > I'd be happy to help make the move. There's not much to it. A couple > of people, including me, have already cloned Crypto++'s SVN history > into git: > > https://github.com/zooko/cryptopp > https://github.com/ametaireau/cryptopp > > Regards, > > Zooko >
Has there still been a discussion on this topic? Another reason for using git: git-submodules are very useful things, that we can't use this way. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Crypto++ Users" Google Group. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]. More information about Crypto++ and this group is available at http://www.cryptopp.com. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crypto++ Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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