[OTR-dev] Moving away from sourceforge to github?

[Ian Goldberg]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:46:55AM +0200, Daniel Kraft wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2013-08-28 10:39, Max wrote:
> > 27.08.2013 22:46, Jurre van Bergen пишет:
> >> I came across the following article:
> >> http://www.gluster.org/2013/08/how-far-the-once-mighty-sourceforge-has-fallen/
> >>
> >> Since all the OTR stuff is on sourceforge and we would not like it that
> >> users are tricked by sourceforge by installing spyware.. I would propose
> >> to move away from Sourceforge and migrate to Github.
> >>
> > 
> > Github is private company running proprietary software - I think
> > https://gitorious.org/ is much better alternative.
> 
> not that I had anything to say (because I'm not an OTR developer, just
> interested), but I agree here.  I'd rather see Gitorious being used than
> Github, although of course the raised possibility of a dedicated server
> hosting the git repository is best and the "most independent".

Yes, OTR's "master" git repo is on a dedicated server already; the
sourceforge server is just a clone.  Not having to run our own ticket
tracker would be nice, though.

Anyway, this can wait a little while until the new server is speced,
bought, installed, etc.

   - Ian