On Dec 2, 2010, at 9:55 PM, Wayne Fay wrote: >> 2. Did the Hudson community evaluate Kenai for moving? I suppose so, so >> that's not really a question. For what reason they discarded it? > > I've read a lot of posts on the subject and it seems like it is not > necessarily so much a discarding of Kenai as it is simply a desire to > move to GitHub due to the broader "network effects" of such a move. > And Hudson is not the only well-known Java project talking about > moving to GitHub recently -- I've seen it discussed on a few other dev > lists that I track. The bar is lowered dramatically for participation > in OSS projects when you move to GitHub, and so the number of active > participants goes up along with it. > > Even if Kenai has the ability to use Git as an SCM, its still not > GitHub, so the network effect is not (yet) there and thus it is a less > attractive option, plain and simple. >
I participate on a couple of open source projects that are hosted at github. It is nice that you can easily fork and make your own enhancements. The problem is, these particular projects are run in the benevolent dictator model so you have no idea whether any of the work you do will be merged back. The point here is that no matter how good the tool is how the community is run is more important. Ralph -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
