Github user janl commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/453
> It's both, but it seems the preferred way is to use the github repo's and
use gitbox as a fallback
There is no preferred way. Individual developers can pick either route.
As for where the canonical source for CouchDB lives, it is clearly gitbox.
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