On 2008/11/03 03:33, Avuton Olrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is that notable projects pages have been disappearing > with all of their sources and such. I would like to offer any MPD > project a home for mirroring on our project, as we've recently lost > a few good projects and their history. For example, pitchfork is now > gone and while the latest sources are available, the rest may have > been lost. And pitchfork is really just one of many I have noticed > disappearing. May not seem like a big deal, but I guess it all > depends on your priorities. [...] > Please discuss!
Hello Avuton, this is a very good idea. I think making code available is important. There are too many client projects with the same goals - how many last.fm scrobbling clients are there? How many web interfaces are there? People should rather continue/fork old projects (like I did with ncmpc), instead of duplicating them. This cannot work if the code isn't available easily. That also means that we should invite everybody to use a public SCM repository. git is a good idea, because if someone turns off the server, the whole commit history isn't lost. The MPD project has a great infrastructure (web server, git server, wiki, bug tracker, forum, and of course people like Avuton, Qball and many others who take care of everything), and it's a good idea to share it with related projects. I believe that teaming up more with client developers will strengthen the whole MPD project, both on the developer and on the user side. Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
