Re: Perlforge? (was: Re: CPAN Rating)

[_brian_d_foy]

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mark Stosberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 One benefit I see of a extra forges like rubyforge is
 decentralization. Right now open source has a huge dependency on
 SourceForge.

Indeed.  SourceForge's services and uptimes have been slowly
degrading, and lately I have seriously considered not using
it anymore.

A programmatic interface would be really nice, but SourceForge
is never going to get around to it.

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brian d foy, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Perlforge? (was: Re: CPAN Rating)

[Mark Stosberg]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 11:12:25AM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Khemir Nadim) writes:
  why do we have Savanna, Rubyforge and other?
 
 Because people are naturally fractious and would prefer to reinvent the
 wheel in order to do things Their Way instead of making use of the available
 resources.

One benefit I see of a extra forges like rubyforge is
decentralization. Right now open source has a huge dependency on
SourceForge. If it goes away or becomes unavailable, that's a major loss
to recover from. I'm more comfortable having a number of similar sites
available.

Personally, I haven't gotten a lot of benefit out of SourceForge hosting   
so many sites. Usually I use the tools related to one specific project.
Rarely do I use any tools that benefit from having lots of projects
there. 

Mark

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