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

[Akash G. <aka...@gm...>]

The only problem I see with Alioth is the website certificate. It's been
quite some time
and they haven't tried to address this issue. This surely scares away a lot
of users. Though,
completely shifting may not be a good option, we could redirect it to
sourceforge.net / github
(if we decide to go with it) .

Also I found that there is a bugtracker setup on Sourceforge too, but I
think it's neglected till now.
We can start using it actively instead of a new one.

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Aviral Dasgupta <avi...@gm...> wrote:

> 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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