On this note; Git without Github is like sex without a partner, sufficient but not very satisfactory. Github option has been explored in the past, and due to various reasons, it was not possible to achieve. But, during my last 2-3 year absence, has the GitLab[1] option been discussed and/or tried? GitLab is open sourced, can run on our infra and has many of the essential features of Github. But perhaps people are satisfied enough with the Github mirroring that is already in place, but with GitLab in house, we could (in theory) add features around licensing (like ICLA style assurance, similar to Jira), and non-committers could(!) be allowed a direct route to the horse's mouth...
Although the Enterprise system cost money, my guess is that GitLab would be happy to waive fees and give us access to EE. Just a thought. [1] https://about.gitlab.com/features/ // Niclas On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 5:06 AM, Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org> wrote: > All, > > Has any thought been put into leveraging GitHub pages for project > documentation, static site hosting? A lot of www.apache.org is simple > static content, as are project pages. Since a lot of projects are now using > git, and we mirror projects in GitHub, perhaps we can help the individual > projects maintain their site's static content by simply committing to a > gh-pages branch for their project? > > Since it's just static content which is still hosted and controlled by ASF, > but simply placed in a way that GitHub can render it from the mirrors, I > don't think there's too many issues of concern, but wasn't sure if > anybody's put any thought into it. I know it would certainly be easier for > some projects than using the existing CMS system with SVN (especially those > otherwise developing exclusively with Git). > > It might "just work" today, but I haven't tried it. I'd be willing to work > with INFRA to help experiment with it, though (especially if we wanted to > try out the CNAME feature). > > More info: https://pages.github.com/ > > -- > Christopher L Tubbs II > http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java
