Hello World! I hope to spend some more cycles on OATH Toolkit now. A first step is to move the git repository from Savannah to GitLab. Savannah will still be used for the web site hosting (nongnu.org), mailing list, download area, and bug tracker.
Some reasons for moving are: 1) have git downloads through https, 2) handle merge requests from people, 3) use a hosting platform that is being updated, 4) easier continous integration, and 5) gitlab looks much nicer than savannah. One underlying reason is that I want to practice the work-flow of using gitlab on a real project, since I know the savannah work-flow too well. One major site these days is GitHub, but I do not like it because of the reasons given in Mako Hill's article "Free Software Needs Free Tools" [1]. I chose GitLab over GitHub because GitLab offers some server-side free software. I am aware of the downsides of GitLab, in that they offer non-free "enterprise" software, and that the hosting platform does not run strictly free software. There doesn't appear to exist any strictly free software Git repository hosts that fulfil's my criteria above, so I'm settling for something that allows me to move the project forward. The GitLab project page is: https://gitlab.com/oath-toolkit/oath-toolkit I hope to make a new release today that just fixes links and minor aspects that are needed to change hosting platform. After that is done, it should be smooth to start to make changes and apply fixes. The issue tracker on savannah will continue to exist, I didn't want to close it before the existing issues are dealt with. Over time we may move over to GitLab issues. We may use both forever, I don't know. /Simon [1] https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/free-software-needs-free-tools
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