On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Aaron S. Meurer <asmeu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jul 27, 2010, at 10:11 AM, Andy Ray Terrel wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Toon Verstraelen
>> <toon.verstrae...@ugent.be> wrote:
>>> On 07/26/2010 10:36 PM, Ųyvind Jensen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have uploaded my work on the C code printer, C code generator and the
>>>> tensor module to smartbear for review:
>>>>
>>>> http://hosted.smartbear.com/sympy/go?page=ReviewDisplay&reviewid=6
>>>>
>>>> The ability to create code that loops over array arguments is much
>>>> improved, mainly because the contraction logic is now handled in the
>>>> tensor module.  I added Andy as reviewer, but anyone can add themselves
>>>> to the review to be able to create comments and defects.
>>>>
>>>> The code is also on github:
>>>> http://github.com/jegerjensen/sympy/tree/codegen_C2
>>>
>>> I've just tried Smartbear. It is a neat thing. Compared to Github it gives a
>>> better overview of all the comments, and it has better possibilities for the
>>> follow-up of comments. The user interface of Smartbear is a bit
>>> overcomplicated though, with much more features than we need. (e.g. I
>>> accidentally clicked the accept button here and there because I wanted to
>>> figure out its meaning. Please ignore it.)
>>>
>>> Github seems to be a more open system, with a real commitment to supporting
>>> communities. I have a different feeling about SmartBear. Will they keep
>>> running the demoserver for free once we get used to it? Is it clear under
>>> which conditions it will keep working for us?
>>>
>>
>> If Github had more code review capabilities I would be more inclined
>> to use it for code reviews.  But as is, it is hard to find all the
>> comments, know when someone responded to a comment, and figure out
>> when a defect in the review is fixed.  These are things that all code
>> review systems do.
>>
>> Github's comments and users are more open but it is still a closed
>> system controlled by a company.  I don't know that SmartBear is any
>> more apt to pull the rug out from under us than GitHub is. It is also
>> a pay/shareware system and it could go the way of BitKeeper anytime.
>> SmartBear runs several of these hosted systems but is willing to just
>> give us a license and let us host it if we like.  If we want a system
>> that is committed to open source and is truly open, we should use
>> launchpad.
>
> Does launchpad work with git?  I don't know much about it, but looking at 
> their website, it looks like it is bzr only.  But I could be wrong.


AFAIK it is bazaar only.


>
> Aaron Meurer
>>
>> I think it would be better to stick to one system per review.  Having
>> to switch between github and smartbear to find all the comments is
>> just a waste of time.  We can keep both systems running and let the
>> submitter pick the review mechanism. The smartbear system is working
>> well for Øyvind and I but perhaps if at the end of the summer nobody
>> else wants it we can discard it then.
>>
>> -- Andy
>>
>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>> Toon
>>>
>
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