Re: [Tuxmath-devel] TuxMath repo opened at GitHub

[Aviral D. <avi...@gm...>]

Hi,
FYI, anyone who wishes to become a collaborator on the github project can
e-Mail me their github user-id. I'll try and keep the github version
up-to-date, but I'm afraid that that is something that I simply can't
insure, so for now, it's more of a trial run. IMHO, a *proper* bug tracker *
will* increase productivity and will let us deal with bug reports in a
better way.

Another great feature that GitHub offers is a wiki, so it'd be great if
someone could come forward and document the basic build-install procedure,
and the instructions for the game, etc. (You need to be a collaborator for
that.)

The website, on the other hand, does not need to change. We *could* change
it and use GitHub Pages, though that only offers one significant advantage
that I can think of - the site is directly displayed from a git repository.

Regards,
Aviral



On 19 April 2011 09:13, David Bruce <dav...@gm...> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Aviral is quite strongly convinced that github offers significant
> advantages over our current Alioth hosting, and has taken the
> initiative to set up a project there for tuxmath.  He has opened a
> bug/issue tracker for us to try out:
>
> https://github.com/aviraldg/tuxmath/issues
>
> I'm all for investigating various options, and github does seem to be
> quite nice.  However, Alioth also has a bug tracker that we have
> simply never used, and SourceForge (where we still have a valid
> account) also offers quite comprehensive OSS hosting services.  I'm
> not yet convinced that a "change of venue", so to speak, will in
> itself make a lasting difference in Tux4Kids' productivity.
>
> So, I would encourage everyone to check out github, but don't get the
> idea that there has been any decision to abandon Alioth.
>
> Keep in mind that it has taken ~2-3 years to get Google searches for
> tuxmath and tuxtype to reliably direct people to our current Alioth
> site.  If we should decide to move, we can't exactly take
> "http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org" with us, although I suspect we
> could simply forward it.  For me to want to change our hosting, I'd
> need convincing evidence that it would offer substantial advantages
> beyond what we would gain by simply making full use of the resources
> at Alioth.
>
> Best,
>
> David
>
>
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