Alexander Berntsen <alexan...@plaimi.net> writes: > On 20/07/16 19:04, Ben Gamari wrote: >> I know, it's rather frustrating. I also have fairly strong feelings >> about open-source purity, but in this case I just don't see any >> way to improve the current situation under this constraint. > > I don't think that starting to rely on proprietary software *is* an > improvement, but the opposite. > This is a bit of a judgement call. I know this is a long-contested issue, but personally for me it puts me at ease if,
* the proprietary code is running on someone else's machine * I can use the application with open tools (a web browser of your choice, git, and an email client) * I can get my data out if needed >> It does look like Gitlab is an impressive option but really then >> we are back to the problem of fragmented development tools. Using >> Trac, Phabricator, Gitlab, and mailing lists all in one project >> seems a bit silly. > > I don't understand why using GitLab is more silly than using GitHub, > when considering fragmentation. When put this way my argument does indeed sound a bit silly. :-) Perhaps it's not. I think the difference is that we would be consolidating on a platform which much of the Haskell community already uses in their non-GHC development. Cheers, - Ben
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