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On 03/05/2015 03:30 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Hi,
We have some of our content currently hosted on gitorious.org that we mirror from git.centos.org - the intention being that git.centos.org is still the authority, but people can use the easier contribution path at gitorious to build karma and then get direct git commit access at git.centos.org
since gitorious is going away, what are everyone's thoughts to consolidating all of this external contribution path on github.com/CentOS - we already host a bunch of content there.
I'll give a +0 explained this way:
There is a risk with using GitHub's services under a few conditions:
* We get reliant on the proprietary workflow software. * We allow it to become a canonical source. * Our use of the service is seen as tacit or explicit support of their company or model of working with open source software.
On the first two points as long as we continue our practice of doing workflow using open source tools on *.centos.org (e.g. bugs.centos.org) while keeping git.centos.org canonical, then we continue to avoid the risk.
On the last point, the tide of practice is currently flowing another way (toward using a closed tool for open development), our using or not using the service won't really make much of a difference. Since the best thing about GitHub is the social coding (access to existing contributors who do stuff), the benefit to the CentOS Project is greater than the risk to our reputation and brand.
One thing we can do to keep mitigating the risks is to keep our eyes open for a future open development community that serves the same purposes and be willing to go there as well. Such as gitlab.com. :)
Regards,
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