Re: Savannah vs. Gitlab

[Xavier Brochard]

Le Fri, 4 Dec 2015 09:40:57 +0100,
Alessandro Sangiuliano <a01000010@gmail.com> a écrit :

> I think we should see what is the best choice for GNUstep making it
> to be accessible to users and developers as easy as we can, so:
> 
> - Github: fork code with a button; start a new repo with a button;
> easy management of merge request, not so bad in showing diffs;
> interesting plugins; maybe not so nice in bug tracking; it uses git
> that is OPEN SOURCE, you are not forced to use its proprietary
> front-end; it is probably the most used platform to host code; it is
> full of people; what we need absolutely… people!
> - I never heard about Gitlab before, so I can’t talk about it.
> - Savannah: Seems a place where requests take weeks before to be
> completed; it doesn’t have the Github features in managing repos and
> projects; it looks a bit abandoned; to contribute to a project a
> person has to ask for an account and then for  permissions. On github
> a person can fork the code, contribute to it, then does a merge
> request and project managers can accept it or just discard it in an
> easy way.
> 

What about Fossil ?
http://fossil-scm.org/
- totally free
- doesn't need a server
- can be easily setup on any hosting service
- everybody can host everything  because all parts are embedded in
  Fossil (code + website, wiki, tickets, docs, etc.)

See this comparison with git 
http://fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/fossil-v-git.wiki

While first steps in Git may be easier (I personally use Git), Fossil is
a very good and fast dvcs. 
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_(software)

Xavier Brochard