2016-02-05 5:00 GMT-08:00 Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...>:
There's a lot of support for Git, but I do have reservations about Github. It's a lot more like a cult than a platform and it's very much a monopoly at this point and I remember Bitkeeper. At least the repository is movable and they have an api for exporting issues and a wiki.
I have no opinion on the bug tracker / issue tracker problem yet. It would be a fairly strong argument for staying on Launchpad, since moving that over is a lot more complex. Can you attach arbitrary files to Github comments directly, or do you need to use some external site and post links?
It's would enforce using a more code-review style model, no matter how many people we make a part of an Inkscape organisation.
The main reason we rarely do that on Launchpad is that Launchpad makes it rather tedious (e.g. no single-click merge from the Web UI). Code reviews are very valuable, and in our situation where we have lots of accumulated technical debt, making them easier to use would be a win.
Although on the positive side, it'll probably increase participation. Something the project could do with having. We're currently experiencing 40TB of downloads a month and our software is used by millions of people, but translating that into developers is meeting more resistance.
Wow! These metrics are pretty impressive, I didn't know we are downloaded that much.
PS - I was just given admin access to the "inkscape" organization on Github by the guy who registered it, so we can use the obvious name if we want.
Best regards, Krzysztof