Hi guys,
While what Brian says about reinventing the wheel makes sense I tend
to agree with Adam in the past I've worked with people running
projects at SF and they've found it slow and unwieldly to work with.
Just my $0.02 worth
Andy
On 4/11/07, Adam Crews <adam.crews (at mark) gmail.com> wrote:
> Run!! Run away!!!
>
> I have a large project at sourceforge (http://ceps.sf.net), and I have
> been with them for a very long time (group number 402). They provide
> a good service, but they are simply overbooked. There are chronic
> issues that just never get fixed. I can't complain much because it is
> a free service, but there are times that it is very difficult to get
> work done.
>
> I highly recommend setting up a tracker and such somewhere else and
> hosting the project there. Everyone here is a hosting provider, I'm
> sure we can find someone willing to host the stuff (I'll do it if no
> one else wants to).
>
> You can install something like http://trac.edgewall.org/ and get
> almost all the features of SF, but also get software updates and more
> control. SF is very slow at updates to anything simply because every
> update can effect so many projects. One thing that has been bugging
> me for a long time is the in-ability to remove things (such as groups
> in the trackers, or remove a tracker all together). If you do not set
> things up perfectly the first time, you have very little ability to
> re-orginize your project.
>
> So, I'm not trying to bad mouth them, but with the state of things
> over there right now, I personally would choose somewhere else.
>
> -Adam
>
> On 4/10/07, Brian N. Smith <brian (at mark) nuonce.net> wrote:
> > > Just one update on the jira suggestion I made, its actually free for
> > > Open Source projects now:
> >
> > Talking with Taco, I had suggested Sourceforge.net. I got to
> > thinking, why re-event the wheel? They have Bug Tracker, Forums,
> > Mailing Lists, CVS, wiki, etc.
> >
> > www.bluequartz.org can still be functional as a "Info" type of page.
> >
> > I have already registered the product page, just waiting on
> > activation.
> >
> > -Brian
> >
> >
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