> I think something that might be worth noting is that we should pick a > host that has support http:// fetching, and even better, smart http://. >
Good point >> * How many people contribute to one, and what hosting service do they >> use and what is the experience, is performance consistent and better >> than Sourceforge SVN, all around the world? > > In Singapore and Malaysia, gitorious.org and github.com have been > extremely stable and fast, unlike sourceforge.net. > >> * And does anyone have experience using any other DVCS and hosting >> service that would make them recommend it, or recommend against it? > > I've used bzr before, But I would recommend against it, as bzr still > seems to have the occasional repository format migration which, if > things go wrong, can cause your repositories to suddenly become > unmergeable. Also, it's one branch per repository, which leads to as > many copies of the project as you have branches (i.e. not so cheap > branching). > >> * should the bug tracker be moved? Can it be done without losing >> anything? > > I'm against any bug tracker that lacks either a read/writeable web > interface or a read/writeable e-mail interface. (I like > launchpad.net's bug tracker, but that's just me.) > >> >> There are rather a lot of options listed here: >> https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitHosting Has anyone used any? >> >> The important things we need to know about a hosting service are: >> * likely stability, some have gone offline during the GFC, but this is >> hard to judge >> * performance for a good range of users in a good range of locations >> * reliability, low downtime >> * features, hosting clones, bug tracking ????? >> >> My answer is that I only run Git locally, so I cannot add any >> information. >> >> Who can? I'm happy to collate the replies. >> >> So far, Jiri I take it you are happy with Gitorious, it has the >> features, but some don't like its style, does anyone have performance >> problems with it? Whats its reliability like? >> >> For Github, some really don't like its style :-) > > I don't really care about whichever hosting service we use, as long as > it has: > * A good and stable internet connection to various places around the > world (I particularly care about Malaysia and Singapore). > * A fairly usable web interface that supports showing logs, browsing > the tree, showing diffs for commits. (github.com and gitorious.org > satisfy me in this aspect). > * git:// read-only access, git+ssh:// push access, http:// read-only > access. http:// push access would be a plus, though. > > > P.S. What's GFC? Oops sorry, non-computer acronym, global financial crisis > > -- > Kind regards, > Chow Loong Jin > > _______________________________________________ > Geany-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany-devel > > _______________________________________________ Geany-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany-devel
