I was heartened to see this message and I hope something will come of
it. In general I agree with what you mentioned as the desiderata. For
me the key combination of features that made Bitbucket great were that
it offered:
1. unlimited
2. free
3. private
4. Mercurial repositories
I feel there is a huge difference between having all of those features
and having any three of them. In particular the ability to have
unlimited PRIVATE repositories is, I think, a huge benefit for people
using Hg for casual projects. I have lots of projects that I'm working
on by myself or maybe with one or two other people, and I don't want to
make them publically available, but I'd still like to be able to have a
server somewhere that I can push and pull to so that I can work on
different computers.
As you mentioned, adding HTTPS push to this list goes a long way toward
lowering the barriers to entry for beginners
I realize that it's kind of a lot to ask of any service provider that
they offer free and unlimited repos, but I do think it is an important
point for providing a low-friction Hg solution for the masses. I do
hope some other provider sees their way clear to filling the gap that
Bitbucket has left.
--
Brendan Barnwell
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no
path, and leave a trail."
--author unknown
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