[bt-devel] GitHub?

Martin Gruner mg.pub at gmx.net
Wed Jul 2 12:25:47 MST 2014


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Yes please. I use it everyday in my job.
Regards, mg

Am 02.07.14 20:22, schrieb Jaak Ristioja:
> Hi!
> 
> I propose a move to GitHub.
> 
> Two main reasons why we chose to go with Gitorious over GitHub
> when switching from SVN to Git were (1) fears over the corporate
> nature of GitHub and (2) the licenses/policies GitHub required new
> users to accept on registration. However, time has shown that (1)
> GitHub is committed to open source and (2) those licenses have
> since been favorably revised. Additionally GitHub appears to be
> rather viable.
> 
> Therefore I propose we move to GitHub: 1) Migrate the repositories
> from gitorious.org. 2) Migrate the wiki from devel.bibletime.info. 
> 3) Migrate the website/blog from bibletime.info to GitHub pages
> and CNAME-redirect the bibletime.info domain respectively. 4)
> Migrate bugs.bibletime.info to GitHub.
> 
> The good: * Single sign-on to access
> repositories/wiki/issues/website. * No need to manage/host separate
> Drupal/Bugzilla/MediaWiki installations. * GitHub has better HTTPS
> than Gitorious and our Drupal/Bugzilla/MediaWiki installations.
> 
> The bad: * We might not be able to migrate all the bug workflows
> from bugs.bibletime.org. * Updating the website will probably have
> to go through Git. * The website will be static. * We probably need
> to backup (`wget --mirror` or something) the existing stuff. * All
> bets on one service provider. * All contributors need GitHub
> accounts. * Yet Another Migration™.
> 
> The ugly: * We would need to do the painful migration.
> 
> Did I miss anything? Objections / other thoughts?
> 
> 
> Blessings, Jaak
> 
> PS: Personally, I'd profit from not having to manage/host the
> separate drupal/bugzilla/mediawiki installations.
> 
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