Re: Is a move to github in order??

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

Gregory Casamento wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> With the recent move of Etoile to github I've been thinking about a 
> similar move for gnustep.
>
> There are a number of reasons for this:
>
> 0)
> ​It is possible to check out and commit to a github repository using 
> SVN and HG.  This is #0 since it will be a primary objection to such a 
> move.​
> 1) GitHub is a very well known platform
> 2) it would allow code review of patches to be done more easily
> 3) we could host both the wiki and the website on GitHub.
> 4) GitHub users could easily fork our repository, reuse and contribute 
> back more easily (we would of course still need FSF papers)
>
> Please give me your thoughts on this. I think it's a good idea for the 
> technical reasons I've given above.

My first argument is ideological: I'd rather stay, as long as possible, 
on a free code forgesite, in free as really free, what more than FSF? 
Free the platform as the software it runs on. GitHub is commercial, even 
if free for open-source projects. Actually, I have advocated since quite 
some time to move GNUstep's sources.

Do we have problems with our current website and wiki?

about 4) I am unsure, sure it eases fork, but the merge back? After all 
we want to be sure that contributions are clean both technically as in 
copyright and assignment.

Riccardo