[X2go-dev] source code repository

[John A. Sullivan III]

On Sun, 2010-07-18 at 01:17 +0200, Jörg Sawatzki wrote:
> <snip>

> > We are working with git and now that is a big whish of you, the next
> > thin we'll do is to get git.x2go.org working.
> Why don't you use github or *forge? It saves time and money and you have
> the same (and more) possibilities than with your own server.
> Apart from that, you'd have to setup a bug tracker, wiki and stuff like
> that as well - and run, administer, update and maintain it. I'd rather
> invest my time to get on with development instead of reinventing the
> wheel at this point. :)
> 
> > We wan't to use our own server to be able to autobuild packages etc...
> > but I will push a copy to github too.
> There is absolutely no need for this - for example, if you have a
> project page on Launchpad, their servers can autobuild .deb packages for
> you - for all kinds of architectures and ubuntu/debian versions.
> If you still want to build packages on your own server, just build them
> from the github/*forge repository. 
> 
> Of course it is up to you - but keep in mind that it will cost you a lot
> more time (and money) to build and run an infrastructure that is as good
> or better than what all these *forge sites offer you for free.
<snip>
I second that idea.  One can lose countless, priceless development hours
learning, building, maintaining, and handling the inevitable
catastrophes of one's own infrastructure - John