[GenABEL-dev] Proposal to move to Github (was: Re: [Genabel-commits] r1705 - pkg/ProbABEL/src)

[Yury Aulchenko]

> On 29 Apr 2014, at 03:09, "L.C. Karssen" <lennart at karssen.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Maarten, dear all,
> 
> Moving to github... Hmm... That is quite a decision, so I've renamed the
> subject to better reflect the discussion. I've also dropped the older
> e-mails from the bottom of the thread.
> 
> First off, are there any people that have experience with git and/or
> github? I've got some git experience (still learning), but no real
> experience with github.

I have some experience and would be comfortable with either

> 
> I agree with Maarten that SVN is showing its age. As he indicates things
> like branching are much easier in git. Moreover, since I'm travelling
> regularly being able to work without internet connection is a pro.
> 
> On the other hand, moving to git (whether github or elsewhere) means
> leaving R-forge, which is our well-known infrastructure. Furthermore,
> such a move operation will cost quite some time, I guess. Moving all
> bugs, features, etc... If we decide to move we should plan well and not
> rush. And then the current developers will need to learn git if they
> don't already know how to use it.

Moving code first and keep tracker for a while? Can we 'close' tracker later and provide the link to new things on old pages?

> 
> One thing I think we should definitely do is migrate slowly, package by
> package. Given that Maarten is positive about such a move and that I am
> in a bit of limbo but not fully against, it seems logical that ProbABEL
> is the first package to try such a migration.

Totally agree. If Maarten is positive about git(hub) I have nothing against. But we do need to plan carefully and make everything possible so as not to affect (in a bad way) the end user. 

Yurii

> 
> 
> Looking forward to your comments!
> 
> 
> Lennart.
> 
> 
>> On 28-04-14 20:39, Maarten Kooyman wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I think it is easier to use for code review github:
>> 
>> Please check to get a impression
>> :https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/1241/files
>> 
>> I think we should reconsider an other the software version system: the
>> current system is not up to date to current usability. Bug tracking and
>> branching is quite hard in terms of usability. Please have a look at
>> github.com to get a impression what is possible.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Maarten
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