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[Tuxmath-devel] TuxMath repo opened at GitHub

[David B. <dav...@gm...>]

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

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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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
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload
>> Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top
>> priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve
>> application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about
>> boosting
>> the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev
>> _______________________________________________
>> Tuxmath-devel mailing list
>> Tux...@li...
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxmath-devel
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top
> priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve
> application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting
> the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev
> _______________________________________________
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Akash