Hi all, Reasons for jumping ship (in order of decreasing importance to me): 1. no cvs needed (for me that meant wincvs too) on code.google.com (hereafter referred to as cgc) because I was mainly interested in uploading downloads and www stuff only. 2. no cvs means I can update the pages from any machine. This is important because I move between 3 machines on average days. But, given the number of changes I make, this may be only a psychological factor. 3. fewer accounts/passwords to manage/remember because, in any case, I use google stuff (mail, reader, docs, groups) all the time. As of now, my extension requires me to use 4 accounts: amo, mozdev, mozillazine & gmail. I hope to bring that to 2: amo, google (code, groups & mail). 4. Not sure about this: I can add milestone release for issues on cgc which I could not for bugs on mozdev on my own. See 1 below. 5. Default look and feel is better than at mozdev. This point does not count as a valid reason for me because I had customized my extension's homepage already. But, a very relevant point for a newcomer. However, see 2 below. 6. You can label a download/wiki as featured and it appears on the project's main page on cgc. Not a big point though. 7. Ability to mark downloads as deprecated on cgc.
Downsides of the jump (in order of increasing importance): 1. I find bugzilla far superior to Issues; but point 4 above is important too. Also, users of my extension hardly used bugzilla; so, never mind. 2. Infinitely (figuratively, I mean) better than cgc in the flexibility I got on mozdev to determine the look, feel and organization of the files within the sqlitemanager.mozdev.org 3. Had I begun at google rather than at mozdev, I guess my extension wouldn't manage the exposure/attention it got, however little. That is why, I am not surrendering my privileges at mozdev yet. And freshcomers should weigh this point too. If I have missed anything, I will add it later. Mrinal. On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Philip Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Recently I noticed that two projects have defected to code.google.com: > > http://calculator.mozdev.org/ > http://sqlitemanager.mozdev.org/ > > What advantage does google hold over mozdev? What can mozdev do to make > it more attractive to extension developers? > > Marc & Mirinal: What made you jump ship? What problems were you facing > with mozdev? > > Phil > > -- > Philip Chee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org > Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, > oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. > [ ]Points At BBS Brainstorm Have The World At Their Fingertips. > * TagZilla 0.066.6 > > _______________________________________________ > Project_owners mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners > _______________________________________________ Project_owners mailing list [email protected] https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners
