semi-ot: best free source code repository?
Rui Maciel
hasn't been smooth one. Yet, although I'm considering the idea of at least hosting my newly created pet
projects somewhere else, as I don't know what's it like to use other source code repositories then it
wouldn't be reasonable to do it blindingly.
So what are your opinions? What's the best free source code repository out there? And bonus points if it
supports Git.
Rui Maciel
Jens Thoms Toerring
If you just want a (not too large) git repository e.g github.com
looks like a simple solution. If you want more (e.g. mailing lists,
a bit of webspace etc.) e.g. savannah.nongnu.org might do - you can
have one or more repositories (git, subversion, CVS, Mercurial,
Bazaar are supported). The interface takes IMHO a bit of getting
used to but it's not a real problem, just that there are a lot
of things you can configure.
Regards, Jens
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Rui Maciel
> If you just want a (not too large) git repository e.g github.com
> looks like a simple solution. If you want more (e.g. mailing lists,
> a bit of webspace etc.) e.g. savannah.nongnu.org might do - you can
> have one or more repositories (git, subversion, CVS, Mercurial,
> Bazaar are supported). The interface takes IMHO a bit of getting
> used to but it's not a real problem, just that there are a lot
> of things you can configure.
> Regards, Jens
Having a git repository is nice. However, it would be better if the service could also take care of at least
web hosting and mailing lists.
From that, how does savannah fare against sourceforge?
Rui Maciel
Jens Thoms Toerring
> Jens Thoms Toerring wrote:
> > If you just want a (not too large) git repository e.g github.com
> > looks like a simple solution. If you want more (e.g. mailing lists,
> > a bit of webspace etc.) e.g. savannah.nongnu.org might do - you can
> > have one or more repositories (git, subversion, CVS, Mercurial,
> > Bazaar are supported). The interface takes IMHO a bit of getting
> > used to but it's not a real problem, just that there are a lot
> > of things you can configure.
> Having a git repository is nice. However, it would be better if the service could also take care of at least
> web hosting and mailing lists.
> From that, how does savannah fare against sourceforge?
Sorry, I've never used Sourceforge so I can't make comparisons.
Then, tastes tend to differ, so what I like or dislike could de-
viate a lot from what you do. And all I can say about Savannah
that I took over as one of the maintainers of some project that
already was hosted there and didn't have much trouble to get
used to it. The simplest thing is probably to create a Savannah
account and a project and play around with it a bit. It's free,
so no harm is done if you decide you don't like it and delete it
again.
But note the terms of usage:
To be hosted on Savannah, your project must be free software, and it
must be kept independent of any non-free software. The package must
not refer the user to any non-free software; in particular, it must
not automatically download or install any non-free software.