Le 13/09/14 09:52, Ben Finney a écrit :
Sylvain Thénault <sylvain.thenault@logilab.fr> writes:
On 12 septembre 08:18, Carl Crowder wrote:
I think it's a good idea. I personally dislike contributing to hg-based projects because it's such a faff for me compared to using git, and I wouldn't be surprised if others are put off contributing for a similar reason (not that I'm saying the reason is good, I'm just lazy!) Isn't this rather a question of platform - github vs bitbucket ? No, using Git doesn't imply GitHub hosting. Likewise, using Mercurial doesn't imply Bitbucket hosting.
I think it's a better idea to host a repository on something like a Gitorious instance, since it avoids proprietary extensions (such as those of GitHub) to ensure there's no lock-in to a specific provider.
So please, mke the decision of which VCS *system* independent of which *hosting service*. And please choose a hosting service without proprietary extensions.
This is very true - however the (sad) truth is that having a project on github.com boosts contributions like nowhere else - and I guess at the end of the day it's still beneficial for OSS. Cheers Tarek