Re: [python-control-discuss] SourceForge Repo Clone Complete

[Scott C. L. <sli...@cd...>]

On 27/07/14 11:33, Richard Murray wrote:
> * We leave the tarballs for python-control releases and copies of user manuals on sourceforge.  This is constant with the matplotlib approach that Andrew describes below.  As far as I know, github does not provide this functionality.

GitHub provides capabilities for releases and project websites:

1. https://help.github.com/articles/about-releases
2. https://help.github.com/articles/what-are-github-pages

A significant alternative to hosting manuals on GitHub Pages or
SourceForge.net is "Read the Docs" (https://readthedocs.org/), which
easily hosts documentation for multiple releases and provides export
mechanisms (e.g., to PDF).  For an example, try
https://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/

I discourage using GitHub for distributing releases because GitHub
previously has gone through a cycle of offering it, then removing it
[1], and then allowing releases again [2].


[1] https://github.com/blog/1302-goodbye-uploads
[2] https://github.com/blog/1547-release-your-software