Yes, GoogleCode *did* implement this properly with their Mercurial support. There's a "create a clone" button and a clones tab which lists all clones of the original repository. But the discussion was about sourceforge, and I don't see these things on sourceforge. This "project network" I was talking about is not just hope, on github for example I can see all forks (e.g. http://github.com/jagregory/fluent-nhibernate/network/members ) and see what people are doing on those forks (e.g. http://github.com/jagregory/fluent-nhibernate/network ). You can also get an RSS feed of all activity within a project network. I believe bitbucket implements similar features. That's what makes github a "hub", it concentrates all forks in one place, making managing the project easier .
-- Mauricio On Jun 4, 7:24 pm, Fabio Maulo <[email protected]> wrote: > but you can see it in GoogleCode and btw we can require it to sourceforge... > at the end a fork/clone is a fork/clone in my PC, in your PC, in GoogleCode, > in CodePlex, or whatever you want host it. > > About "project network being able to see what everyone else is working on" > IMO is a merely hope.... > or you have proposed something in our JIRA ? > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Mauricio Scheffer < > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > If I may chip in, moving to a DVCS is not just about moving the code > > to another repository. > > It's also about people being able to fork easily and everyone on the > > project network being able to see what everyone else is working on. > > Github and Bitbucket were built from the ground up around these > > concepts. I might be wrong but I don't see any fork button or fork > > list on Sourceforge projects using git (e.g. > >https://sourceforge.net/projects/gitextensions/ > > ). I couldn't find any projects using a mercurial repository on > > sourceforge. It looks as if DVCS was bolted on as an afterthought. > > Without this fork management thing, a huge part of DVCS is lost. > > > -- > > Mauricio > > > On Jun 4, 11:14 am, Fabio Maulo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > SourceForge gives support to any thing we want and, over all, SourceForge > > is > > > one of the most important and historical piece of OSS world. > > > We have no strong reason to move NH sources somewhere else (at least so > > > far). > > > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Lorenzo Melato < > > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Have you evaluated bitbucket.org as Mercurial hosting ? > > > > > -- > > > > Lorenzo Melato > > > >http://blogs.ynnova.it/lorenzomelato > > > > -- > > > Fabio Maulo > > -- > Fabio Maulo
