Yes, the network effect is important, but is it the only one? Can the network effect happen on ASF systems? Would we want it to?
// Niclas On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 7:24 PM, Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org> wrote: > > But, during my last 2-3 year absence, has the GitLab[1] option been > > discussed and/or tried? GitLab is open sourced, can run on our infra and > > has many of the essential features of Github. > > But perhaps people are satisfied enough with the Github mirroring that is > > already in place, but with GitLab in house, we could (in theory) add > > features around licensing (like ICLA style assurance, similar to Jira), > and > > non-committers could(!) be allowed a direct route to the horse's mouth... > > Here's the way I look at it: the power of github.com comes not so much > from the > web UI or even API, but from a network effect. It is where developers > congregate. > Thus we'd have to have mirrors of our stuff there anyway to enable PR > workflow > for projects that care about it. And as long as THAT is in place, the > need for something > like GL is reduced, IMHO. > > Thanks, > Roman. > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java
