2017-04-12 16:26 GMT+02:00 <nore...@z505.com>: > On 2017-04-12 09:15, Michalis Kamburelis wrote: >> >> >> GitHub is absolutely fine with uploading binary packages as a release. >> You can make a release on GitHub where a specific version of your >> source is accompanied by your binaries. >> https://help.github.com/articles/creating-releases/ >> >> Regards, >> Michalis > > > > I've heard mixed reviews on whether github can be used like a sourceforge > distribution of downloads.. for example quotes like this exist on the > internet : > > "Also, GitHub repos do have limits. You cannot use a repo like a file > distribution service. GitHub will notice and shutdown the account especially > if it affects other repositories." > > However, Github can change their policies over time. > > Source of quote: > http://www.infoworld.com/article/3028174/open-source-tools/what-would-you-do-if-github-shut-down-tomorrow.html
Your quote suggests that someone committed large files to his/her GIT repository. This is not a good practice -- aside from GitHub disk space, it makes cloning the repository troublesome (you download all the binaries then, across all the history, by default). The solution is to follow both GitHub guidelines and general version control systems (GIT or not GIT) guidelines, and do not commit your large binary files to the repository. This is not how to you make a release on GitHub, see https://help.github.com/articles/creating-releases/ -- you upload binary files using a separate form in that case. This is also the advised way by GitHub to distribute large files: https://help.github.com/articles/distributing-large-binaries/ Note that I'm in no way an unconditional fan of GitHub (or GIT, for that matter:). I'm only reading GitHub docs and concluding that they are fine with binary releases, when done using their "upload a release" system. P.S. Cc back to the Lazarus list:) Regards, Michalis -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
