Re: [matplotlib-devel] matplotlib.github.com

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

On 08/10/2012 03:45 PM, Fernando Perez wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...> wrote:
>> Supporting existing links to matplotlib.sourceforge.net is of course
>> very important, and I would put whatever redirects we need to keep those
>> working in any event.
> Actually, why not move all the official domain machinery to
> matplotlib.org?

That is the end goal.  I'm talking simply about the static webpage 
hosting here.  If I recall correctly, I think the space limitations on 
github used to be a problem for us, which is why we haven't used it as 
the canonical web hosting.  But that doesn't seem to be a problem 
anymore.  I was mostly hoping that anyone involved in the decision to 
not go with github's web hosting at the time could remember any other 
downsides.

> That can be managed with the github tools, and
> github/pypi can be used for downloads with a far simpler workflow than
> the particular incarnation of UX hell that is sourceforge's upload
> system...

I plan to move to github for downloads as well.

>
> We've been doing that for a while with ipython since we moved to
> ipython.org, and we've been very happy.  With suitable redirects in
> place, no google rank will be lost nor will users be confused, and
> gradually everyone's bookmarks and habits will transition to mpl.org.
>
> If you guys want to do that and run into any issues, we (ipython) will
> be happy to share how it works for us and help out.
>
Thanks.  Will do.

Mike