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In that case why are they using GitHub?

nemothekid 12y ago
Linux is on Github as well (https://github.com/torvalds/linux https://github.com/torvalds/linux) , and probably like Linus, some people don't like the Pull-request method for dealing with contributions.
- sfk 12y ago
  Linux is on https://git.kernel.org/cgit/ https://git.kernel.org/cgit/ .
  - sfk 12y ago
    Interesting that the git hipsters are downvoting factually correct information. "Unruly hackers" (pg) seem to be perfect fodder for groupthink and monopolies.
  - nemothekid 12y ago
    And go is technically on https://go.googlesource.com/go https://go.googlesource.com/go
dsymonds 12y ago
GitHub is only a mirror. The real work is happening on go.googlesource.com. https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-dev/sckirqOWepg/discussion https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-dev/sckirqOWepg/dis...
vertex-four 12y ago
GitHub provides the best web-based git repository browser, as well as various other useful features. The only other reasonable alternative for a large open-source project, aside from self-hosting, is bitbucket.
- rplnt 12y ago
  I would like to disagree with the "the best". Mostly because it's obviously your opinion and not something you can say definitely.
  - tomp 12y ago
    Can you give any alternatives?
    - rplnt 12y ago
      Well the already mentioned bitbucket, stash, cgit, gitweb, ... My point is that if you like something it isn't automatically "the best".
  - coldtea 12y ago
    Sometimes you have to learn to trust your opinion too -- and to learn to access others opinions when there are no definite answers.
- 1wd 12y ago
  Could you describe what makes it the best repository browser? I like e.g. https://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/chef https://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/chef
- sfk 12y ago
  I disagree. GitHub looks cluttered and the contrast is too low for speed reading. I prefer the hg interface, for example: https://hg.python.org/cpython/ https://hg.python.org/cpython/ Another interface I prefer is: http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/
  - oblio 12y ago
    You like cvsweb? It's horrible. I'm here: http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/CVSROOT/ http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/CVSROOT/. Why does not clicking a file open the file?!?!? Every freaking file browser in existence opens the file when I click it. It's been designed in the 90s and it shows :(
farresito 12y ago
So that they have the wiki+issues stuff.

Linux is on Github as well (https://github.com/torvalds/linux https://github.com/torvalds/linux) , and probably like Linus, some people don't like the Pull-request method for dealing with contributions.

sfk 12y ago
Linux is on https://git.kernel.org/cgit/ https://git.kernel.org/cgit/ .
- sfk 12y ago
  Interesting that the git hipsters are downvoting factually correct information. "Unruly hackers" (pg) seem to be perfect fodder for groupthink and monopolies.
- nemothekid 12y ago
  And go is technically on https://go.googlesource.com/go https://go.googlesource.com/go

dsymonds 12y ago

GitHub is only a mirror. The real work is happening on go.googlesource.com. https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-dev/sckirqOWepg/discussion https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-dev/sckirqOWepg/dis...

vertex-four 12y ago

GitHub provides the best web-based git repository browser, as well as various other useful features. The only other reasonable alternative for a large open-source project, aside from self-hosting, is bitbucket.

rplnt 12y ago
I would like to disagree with the "the best". Mostly because it's obviously your opinion and not something you can say definitely.
- tomp 12y ago
  Can you give any alternatives?
  - rplnt 12y ago
    Well the already mentioned bitbucket, stash, cgit, gitweb, ... My point is that if you like something it isn't automatically "the best".
- coldtea 12y ago
  Sometimes you have to learn to trust your opinion too -- and to learn to access others opinions when there are no definite answers.
1wd 12y ago
Could you describe what makes it the best repository browser? I like e.g. https://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/chef https://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/chef
sfk 12y ago
I disagree. GitHub looks cluttered and the contrast is too low for speed reading. I prefer the hg interface, for example: https://hg.python.org/cpython/ https://hg.python.org/cpython/ Another interface I prefer is: http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/
- oblio 12y ago
  You like cvsweb? It's horrible. I'm here: http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/CVSROOT/ http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/CVSROOT/. Why does not clicking a file open the file?!?!? Every freaking file browser in existence opens the file when I click it. It's been designed in the 90s and it shows :(

farresito 12y ago

So that they have the wiki+issues stuff.