And, as one of mantra requests processing admins, I can only confirm users do get annoyed and often share comments how annoying it is.
Greg, most OSGeo projects have de facto switched to GitHub: 8 in 22 use OSGeo SVN 6 in 22 use OSGeo Track 21 in 22 use GitHub It somewhat indicates preferences among OSGeo​ developers. Reasons are unclear to me, or they are purely based on my interpretation of the facts. Mateusz On 5 Apr 2017 02:03, "Sebastiaan Couwenberg" <sebas...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On 04/05/2017 01:27 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: > > I am really unclear on the troubles with people getting osgeo accounts > > (have had one for years), but it seems that if that's a reason to use a > > proprietary hosting service then it's better to fix the problem. > > You need to get a mantra (request a token from an admin) to create an > account, this is a significant barrier for users who want to contribute > to OSGeo projects, especially when it's just a simple patch or bug report. > > For backgrounds see: > > https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail//sac/2016-June/007192.html > > Kind Regards, > > Bas > > -- > GPG Key ID: 4096R/6750F10AE88D4AF1 > Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1 > > > _______________________________________________ > geos-devel mailing list > geos-devel@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geos-devel >
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