Re: [Caml-list] Moving ocaml to github (as well)

["Richard W.M. Jones" <rich@annexia.org>]

On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 11:00:14AM +0100, Gabriel Scherer wrote:
> I think "which control version software to use" should be strictly the
> choice of the developers. I've talked repeatedly with some of the major
> OCaml developers about that, and my impression is that, so far, they are
> happy to use SVN and see no major reason to change. I respect this choice
> and don't believe we should put any pressure on their choice of everyday
> tools.

git is so superior to svn in every respect that I wish the OCaml
developers would use it.  But as you say it is their choice, and we
have git mirrors.

> I hear the argument that putting a project on github automagically
> increases the amount of external contributions. This might be true, but has
> yet to be demonstrated.

I can add some (negative) anec-data:

(1) Putting a project on github increases the number of people
submitting bug reports and pull requests using github's proprietary
interface.  This is annoying because you need some way to tell them
not to do this, and to deal with people who do it anyway.  (libguestfs
-- hosted on github -- has an all-caps notice on the front page:
http://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs)

(2) It's easy to run your own git repository with a web interface.
There is nothing magical that github provides here except free
bandwidth and someone who looks after security errata.

> The major entry-point for OCaml development
> discussion (besides this list) is the bugtracker:
>   http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/

Having said that, I truly hate mantis with a passion ...

Rich.

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Richard Jones
Red Hat