[neuvoo] shift to Google Code?

[Viridior]

I was looking more and more into google services since I bought a
android phone and spent some time looking at Google Code...
code.google.com I'm generally a person that likes to tweak
everything, but since time and resources are short I was thinking that
it might be a good idea to shift to hosting our website there. Some
of the pros I see are that it has a lot of intergrated resources that
we want to use including wiki, bugs, and a lot more space to host
images instead of the webserver I'm paying for. Just an idea, I would
love some feedback.


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[jkri...@beagleboard.org]

I like the issue tracker and wiki on google code a lot. I just wish they had git hosting, which makes me look at gitorious.org. The binary build space on google code is only 100MB by my understanding--and I don't think gitorious.org has any, but I haven't checked.
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[Jacob Godserv]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 21:41, Viridior <jacobga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was looking more and more into google services since I bought a
> android phone and spent some time looking at Google Code...
> code.google.com  I'm generally a person that likes to tweak
> everything, but since time and resources are short I was thinking that
> it might be a good idea to shift to hosting our website there.  Some
> of the pros I see are that it has a lot of intergrated resources that
> we want to use including wiki, bugs, and a lot more space to host
> images instead of the webserver I'm paying for.  Just an idea, I would
> love some feedback.

I, personally, dislike this idea. Here are some of the reasons:
*) Google Code requires a Google Account to participate. A lot of
people do not like Google and don't want to be required to have an
account with them. (This was a big deal on gentoo-dev recently when
they tried to get a Google Calender for Gentoo.)
*) Google Code doesn't use git. They use Subversion and a
Subversion-like system called Mecurial. Basically, Mercurial is a big
step up from Subversion, but is the direct opposite of git in terms of
philosophy.
*) We're actually in a really good position right now, because Gentoo
is moving to git. We're going to be ready when they are if we stick
with git.

If you want the bug, wiki, and download spaces hosted elsewhere, try
GitHub. GitHub is my personal favorite. This semi-randomly picked
project seems to use almost all of GitHub's resources:
http://github.com/mojombo/jekyll

Now, something to keep in mind is this: we're moving, but is the move
worth it? The more we move and reorganize, the less organized we
actually become, and the more (present as well as future) contributors
we potentially throw through a loop.

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Jacob

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from the beginning of the world until now — and never
to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut
short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the
elect those days will be shortened."

Are you ready?

[Jacob Godserv]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 22:39, Jacob Godserv <jacobg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *) Google Code doesn't use git. They use Subversion and a
> Subversion-like system called Mecurial. Basically, Mercurial is a big
> step up from Subversion, but is the direct opposite of git in terms of
> philosophy.

I didn't make it clear why git is a better option. I think git is
faster, more reliable, and more flexible. It's harder to learn, but I
think the rewards are well worth it. Since I was introduced, I've been
making git repositories wherever I have any kind of code, even little
mini-projects during school.

A nice review of the two sides can be found here:
http://importantshock.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/git-vs-mercurial/

[Viridior]

I didn't think switching from git was on option in my mind, probably
should have made that clear, I was looking for a solution that would
improve productivity and alleviate a concern for limited space on the
current host server. I looked at GitHub and that seems pretty nice.

On Apr 23, 10:54 pm, Jacob Godserv <jacobgods...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Jacob Godserv]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 11:46, Viridior <jacobga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I didn't think switching from git was on option in my mind, probably
> should have made that clear, I was looking for a solution that would
> improve productivity and alleviate a concern for limited space on the
> current host server.  I looked at GitHub and that seems pretty nice.

If space is your only concern...

I just looked at /tmp on the server, and it's 4.4G. Is this a problem? ;)
Also, we don't have to keep anything over a week's worth of portage snapshots.