On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:48 PM, PCMan <[email protected]> wrote: > I keep searching for better free project hosting this weekend and found this. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_software_hosting_facilities > > Wikipedia contains a page dedicated to comparison of free project hosting. > From the tables, I found some better ones more suitable for our needs. > > 1. Berlios: > Highly resembles old sourceforge.net, but its future seems to be more > uncertain and has shortage of manpower. > It was planned to be shut down in 2011. > http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=37450 > Then, because of rescue for others, it continues. > http://developer.berlios.de/forum/forum.php?forum_id=37533 > Though it still works now in 2013, these events raises some questions > about how long it will keep working. > > 2. GNU Savannah: > This one is far less polished and less well known, but I guess it will > be continued as long as GNU exists? > > 3. CodePlex (by Microsoft): > Yes, read carefully, it's powered by Microsoft. > Except for the political problems (it's a Microsoft product and closed > source), technically it's a good project hosting website. It provides > most of the features we need, including a nice issue tracker. > Well, hosting a Linux/*nix project on Codeplex makes me feel that > Microsoft is supporting Linux and free software development and that > feeling is good. :-)
Forgot to say, CodePlex supports git. Well done, Microsoft! > 4. Google code (blobked in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria) > Because it's not availble in some countries, I considered this a > poorer option. To my suprise, sourceforge.net is also blocked in these > countries as well. So, by moving to Google code we do not loss any > users since sf.net is not available to them, either. > However, if we're going to move to other project hosting, I prefer one > that's freely available for developers/users from all countries. So > this is a bad option. 5. Launchpad: This one is good as well. The only problem is it forces the use of bazaar version control system, but we're using git. Personally, I see no reason to learn a new tool just because we need a new project hosting website. Unless there is an easy way to integrate git, personally I'm against this option. However, if other developers/translators prefer launchpad, I'm still OK with learning a new tool. > Please, comments and discussions are wanted. > Or, are there developers who do not want to move and want to stay with > the new sf.net user interface? > Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Pcmanfm-develop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pcmanfm-develop
