Robert Norris <rw_nor...@hotmail.com> writes: >> - Mailinglists are necessary, as are areas to put release tarballs. I >> think it's unhelpful of github to run projects and provide neither of >> these. > > Github do offer release tarballs - automatically generated against > tagged versions of the repository.
As in they run "make distcheck", which has configure from configure.ac? I had the impression they only offered tarballs of exactly what was in the repo. And it seemed their names and unpacking did not match the usual open-source norm that the file viking-1.6.0.tar.gz unpacks to viking-1.6.0/. I see that the release tarball - is missing configure - is called and unpacks to viking-viking-1.6.0 compared to what "make dist" would do. > See https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/releases > > It should be possible to guess the URL for scripted a download that follows a > known pattern for new version releases. > >> - I tend to recommend savannah.nongnu.org, which has repos, bugtrackers, >> and lists, and is run by FSF. I've been involved with quagga that has >> migrated to savannah, and it's been reasonable. > > Well I've just toyed with the Github setup primarily because that's > where I've (and lots of people) have accounts - so there is a network > effect to consider. True, but fsf accounts are easy, and don't require one to agree to indemnify a for-profit company.
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