Hello again

Any final objections against moving to github?
I know that the license situation is not perfect but nevertheless I don't
see any serious problems arising from that and the benefits of the github
platform weigh more.

Cheers,
Thomas


Thomas Bruederli wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 18:20, Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems)
> <vanmeeu...@kolabsys.com> wrote:
>> On 2012-02-11 17:43, Cor Bosman wrote:
>>>> We would indeed be running gitorious for Thomas, so that he could
>>>> administer the users / ssh keys allowed to push to such-and-such
>>>> branches himself.
>>> So does that mean only specific people can use the interface?
>>>
>> gitorious - if that's what Thomas wants, and he's making the decisions
>> around here ;-) - allows git:// just as much as ssh:// (in the
>> git@host:repo.git fashion), and granular control to committing to
>> branches (stable vs. development vs. topic branches vs. etc.). The web
>> interface though, which is what you are talking about, is where the
>> features are. It uses a different push url to push out a patch for
>> review, essentially creating a new working copy of the repository on the
>> server. Public (anonymous) and/or private (authenticated) access being
>> provided -should Thomas want either or both- is not the issue.
> 
> I totally see the benefits of the feature-rich github platform and
> providing an easy way to fork and push back commits would hopefully
> encourage more contributors. Currently the licensing and patent
> concerns of an USA-hosted github shouldn't bother us too much. That
> said, our current SVN server is also located in the US of A anyways.
> Using gitorious on a privately hosted server would be an option as
> well but it obviously doesn't provide as much of the social coding
> features as github does.
> 
> I'd definitely like to keep trac for wiki, bug tracking and roadmap
> planning but AFAIK it can easily connect to github.
> 
> Any other pros and cons are very welcome!
> 
> ~Thomas
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