On Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 8:28:45 PM UTC+1, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > Bruno Sutic wrote: > > > It appears google code is shutting down: > > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2015/03/farewell-to-google-code.html > > > > Any thoughts on where will vim source code repo be moved? > > I know I'd be more than delighted if it was hosted on Github. > > Suggestions are welcome. > > It's possible to use a local Mercurial repository with Github, right? > So the instructions on how to get Vim would only need to change the URL.
Github unfortunately does not have support for Mercurial repos. However, it is possible to use Mercurial locally and push to any git repo with a tool like this: https://github.com/schacon/hg-git But yes, I think a move to Github would mean more than just changing the URL in the instructions. If it's any worth, I'd gladly volunteer and invest time to help with this. Since suggestions are welcome, I'd like to propose a couple arguments for moving to github and why would that ease vim adoption and installation for new users: - the overwhelming majority of vim plugins are hosted on github. In fact, it seems vim plugins "exist" only on vim.org and github. - all the vim plugin managers support short name specification for github plugins. In short, it looks like the vim (plugin) community is already on github. - google trends on git vs mercurial are pretty clear http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=git%2C%20mercurial&cmpt=q&tz= - google trends on github vs bitbucket are even clearer http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=github%2C%20bitbucket&cmpt=q&tz= - github.com gets DDOSed occasionally (which is handled really seriously). But the github pages (web-page hosting) are a separate service and are rock solid I tried to keep to arguments as much as possible and I hope they make sense! -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
