"Nick Sabalausky" <seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com> wrote in message news:jp3ocp$2e1c$1...@digitalmars.com... > > 2. The protocols (ie. either git/hg/etc or better yet a standard extension > that handles both git and hg) would then incorporate the things that > github/bitbucket have proven to be commonly useful and franky *expected*, > like fork-tracking, pull requests, issue tracking, etc. I'd imagine this > would likely involve special extentions to the git/hg/etc repo format. But > no matter how this is actually implemented, this would be like "libpng" > (although it would likely have a standard cmd line and web-based > interfaces, too - which wouldn't make sence for libpng, but it would be > essential here). >
Sorry, what I meant there was "it would likely have standard cmd line and web ***API*** interfaces". Ie, not actual web pages, but a web service protocol, like a REST API, or SOAP (minus the XML, preferably) or whatever the hell the popular equivalent is these days. ;)