Robert Norris <rw_nor...@hotmail.com> writes:

>> - Mailinglists are necessary, as are areas to put release tarballs. I
>> think it's unhelpful of github to run projects and provide neither of
>> these.
>
> Github do offer release tarballs - automatically generated against
> tagged versions of the repository.

As in they run "make distcheck", which has configure from configure.ac?
I had the impression they only offered tarballs of exactly what was in
the repo.  And it seemed their names and unpacking did not match the
usual open-source norm that the file viking-1.6.0.tar.gz unpacks to
viking-1.6.0/.

I see that the release tarball
  - is missing configure
  - is called and unpacks to viking-viking-1.6.0

compared to what "make dist" would do.

> See https://github.com/viking-gps/viking/releases
>
> It should be possible to guess the URL for scripted a download that follows a 
> known pattern for new version releases.
>
>> - I tend to recommend savannah.nongnu.org, which has repos, bugtrackers,
>> and lists, and is run by FSF. I've been involved with quagga that has
>> migrated to savannah, and it's been reasonable.
>
> Well I've just toyed with the Github setup primarily because that's
> where I've (and lots of people) have accounts - so there is a network
> effect to consider.

True, but fsf accounts are easy, and don't require one to agree to
indemnify a for-profit company.

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