On 06/04/18 17:22, Wes Hardaker via Net-snmp-coders wrote:
So, I assume most people have seen that Microsoft is purchasing github.
We were just about to move Net-SNMP to GitHub, and certainly still can.
But it's definitely time to check whether we still want to go this
direction.  I see the following options:

1) Continue our path and timeline as is
2) Pause the move while we see what Microsoft has planned for the future
    of GitHub; we really have no idea what their intent is at this point
3) Find someplace else

I'd love to hear people's opinions.

Maybe we should wait a few days to let the dust settle? Although I regret the acquisition of github by Microsoft, I'm not sure we have a good alternative. As far as I know github has a much better infrastructure than any other open source hosting site. If in the future github would become inappropriate then we can move again. It's not that hard to move a git repository. Moving the wiki pages is not that easy unfortunately.

The optimist view is that Microsoft may well realize that any changes that the open source community will perceive as evil will cause a mass migration away from github and hence that they will refrain from such changes.

Bart.

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