[GT] RE: Re: Hosting the project

[<Bjarne.Christiansen AT nokia.com>]

Hi, 
I would like to volunteer as well. I work with SCM (software configuration management) and have amongst other things been involved in setting up the SCM solution for the Symbian Foundation (tech-lead on Mercurial), so I have quite a bit of experience.

I have been thinking about suggesting switching to a dvcs (distributed version control system) for quite a while. The distributed model allows for a much more flexible workflow, e.g. better branch support. The dvcs tools, such as Git and Mercurial, can be used in much the same way as SVN, so the learning curve doesn't necessarily have to be that high. I can convert the current repo and provide all the instructions needed, in case we decide to go in this direction. I actually did convert the repo to git some time ago, because I wanted to be able to have my experimental work under version control, but never really got around to any serious work with it.  

Like mentioned previously, there are several choices when it comes to hosting the code, here are a few:

http://SourceForge.net:
Support for various VCS: SVN, Git, Mercurial, and a few others...

http://Code.google.com:
Supported VCS: SVN or Mercurial

http://GitHub.com
VCS: Git

http://bitbucket.org/
VCS: Mercurial

All of the above has the possibility hosting bugtracker, documentation etc...

I tend to prefer code.google.com's clean and simplistic layout, and I think it has all the functionality we need. I've set up a project on code.google.com (http://code.google.com/p/geniustrader/) (just for testing for now, I'll take it down in case you don't like it!) - Project members needs to have a google account. Let me know your google acc, in case you want to take it for a spin.

Android is using git + Gerrit for code review (https://review.source.android.com), pretty nice combo! I'm not sure if there are any free hosted Gerrit solutions available... 

We could of cause also continue with Trac for bugtracking etc, any strong feelings?

Ras, there are tons of information regarding various aspects of running open source projects, just do a google search ;-) I'll be happy to provide you with info and support when it comes to running open source projects!

Cheers,
Bjarne 

  

-----Original Message-----
From: ext Robert A. Schmied [mailto:ras
AT
acm.org] 
Sent: 26. juli 2010 22:29
To: Raphael Hertzog
Cc: devel
AT
geniustrader.org
Subject: [GT] Re: Hosting the project

Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> (Please cc me I don't read the list very often)
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I will move all the services running on my server to a new (virtualized)
> server but I don't want to continue to host everything related to
> GeniusTrader on my new host.
> 
> So we have to find a new solution. I already mentionned the idea of using
> a forge (sourceforge.net or alioth.debian.org or pick your favorite) but
> no decision was taken.
> 
> Now it's time to decide and to do the move. I can help but you must decide
> what you prefer.
> 
> Cheers,

aloha raphael

i'm inclined to volunteer, but like to know more about the nature of the
obligation etc. is there a good primer on 'how to run an opensource project'
that you would recommend?

in the meantime i will research the topic on my own and see if i can
get find a comfort level ...

ras