On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Gaurav Sehrawat <igauravsehra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > But never mind . Sooner or later.
These things take time, but a lot has happened over the past years. By now all activity of r-base [1] cran [2] and r-forge [3] is continuously mirrored on Github, which already gives unprecedented insight in developments. At least several r-core members [4,5,6,7,8] have been spotted on Github, and this years useR2014 website [9] was developed and hosted completely on Github. It seems like a matter of time until the benefits outweigh the cost of a migration, even to the more conservative stakeholders. However moving development of a medium sized, 20 year old open source project is not trivial. You are dealing with a large commit history and many contributors that all have to overhaul their familiar tools and development practices overnight. There is also the infrastructure of nightly builds and CRAN r-devel package checking that relies on the svn. Moreover moving to Github means changes in communications, for example replacing the current bug tracking system to Github "issues". In addition, several members are skeptical about putting source code in the hands of a for-profit US company, and other legal issues. These are just some of the concerns that would need to be addressed to get everyone on board. My (limited) experience with these things is that the most critical piece of making such a transition actually happen is not just a general consensus that a is preferable over b, but rather a detailed proposal outlining what the migration would involve, the cost/benefits, a planning, and someone that is willing to take the lead. Only on the basis of such a serious proposal you can have a discussion in which everyone can voice concerns, be assured that his/her interests are secure, and the idea can eventually be put up for a vote. Jeroen [1] https://github.com/wch/r-source [2] https://github.com/cran [3] https://github.com/rforge [4] https://github.com/s-u [5] https://github.com/mmaechler [6] https://github.com/duncantl [7] https://github.com/pmur002 [8] https://github.com/dmbates [9] https://github.com/user2014 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
