Yeah, because gitorious really worked out for iodoom :P On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:24 AM, uZu <u...@qlone.org> wrote:
> Hi there, > I also think that moving to git is a good step but Mercurial would have > been as good, both are decentralized and powerful SCM, which is what > really matters ^^ > > Gitorious as a service (https://gitorious.org/) 'just works' nicely and > would have been a good alternative to GitHub IMHO > > my almost 2ยข > > On 08/01/2013 23:07, Daniel Gibson wrote: > > I think github is a very good choice. > > It works (in contrast to gitorious) and is really fun to use. > > > > I think the usual objections against cloud-based services don't apply > here: > > * they can't steal source/intellectual property because it's open source > > anyway. > > * a vendor-lock-in or something like that isn't really an issue either: > > everyone who clones the repo has the whole history etc, so even if > > github suddenly wants money or goes out of business it's easy to set up > > something like gitorious again with a clone of the git repo. > > > > This would probably make sense for iodoom3 as well, even though I'm not > > sure it would help very much.. the interest in the doom3 GPL code seems > > to be quite low (same for d3 bfg) and with dhewm3 there already is a > > working port.. so no one will want to start again from the beginning, > > even though some people seem to be unhappy with dhewm3.. > > > > Cheers, > > - Daniel > > > > Am 08.01.2013 04:50, schrieb eviljoel: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Eh, finally replying to e-mails. Was an online hermit for the last > >> few days. > >> > >> I totally agree with moving to git and have no objection with GitHub. > >> But the one part of the question you didn't answer is that Zakk had > >> some reason for moving Doom3 from GitHub in the first place. Maybe he > >> didn't like a big corporation controlling his repositories or > >> something like that??? I guess what I want to know is what his > >> problem was with GitHub and what made him change his mind. > >> > >> And I guess you are right, I am mostly curious about this because of > >> ioDoom3. I don't want to put in a lot of time improving the server if > >> we are just going to move to GitHub soon anyway. I guess I'll ask > >> Zakk about that one-on-one. (Plus this is the wrong list for that.) > >> > >> Thanks for your input Ryan. > >> > >> Laters, > >> eviljoel > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 11:01 PM, Ryan C. Gordon<iccu...@icculus.org> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> There was also the whole Mercurial debate not too long ago. > >>> > >>> > >>> The consensus was that I liked Mercurial, and everyone else liked > >>> git. :) > >>> > >>> Moving off svn is a no-brainer in 2013...it's old and busted. Git is > >>> fine, > >>> and my experience is that most people don't want just a git repo, they > >>> specifically want GitHub (and those that don't want GitHub...hey, you > >>> still > >>> get a standard git repo from it!). > >>> > >>> Also: this is where id software has their canonical repos for their > open > >>> source releases, now, too. > >>> > >>> Also: as I'm sure you've discovered recently, keeping Gitorious > >>> running is a > >>> big pain in the ass. :) I don't know what zakk wants to do with > >>> iodoom3, > >>> but if we're going to make a switch for ioquake3, we might as well go > >>> to a > >>> nice infrastructure that someone else keeps up and running for us. > >>> > >>> --ryan. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> ioquake3 mailing list > >>> ioquake3@lists.ioquake.org > >>> http://lists.ioquake.org/listinfo.cgi/ioquake3-ioquake.org > >>> By sending this message I agree to love ioquake3 and libsdl. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> ioquake3 mailing list > >> ioquake3@lists.ioquake.org > >> http://lists.ioquake.org/listinfo.cgi/ioquake3-ioquake.org > >> By sending this message I agree to love ioquake3 and libsdl. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ioquake3 mailing list > > ioquake3@lists.ioquake.org > > http://lists.ioquake.org/listinfo.cgi/ioquake3-ioquake.org > > By sending this message I agree to love ioquake3 and libsdl. > > _______________________________________________ > ioquake3 mailing list > ioquake3@lists.ioquake.org > http://lists.ioquake.org/listinfo.cgi/ioquake3-ioquake.org > By sending this message I agree to love ioquake3 and libsdl. >
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