On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 04:36:00PM -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 22:31 +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
The issue is not fedorahosted per se, but currently it appears to be too closed and fedora specific. Maybe this could be changed. But I don't think it is worth it since other sites already exist (for example savannah, berlios, launchpad...).
Hrm, what about it appears "closed"? When I hear closed, I think launchpad, which is ran on closed source software. The entire fedorahosted stack is all open source software.
I didn't know that launchpad ran on closed source software. I said closed because of
How can I get a Fedora Hosted account?
Your normal Fedora Project account works with Fedora Hosted. Simply apply for a Fedora Project account if you haven't already. Do note that you must sign a Contributor License Agreement with the Fedora Project in order to contribute code.
In my opinion the fact that launchpad is ran on closed source software is a reason not to use it.
-- Pat