[BioRuby] BioRuby on github + lighthouse

[Michael Barton]

Can I just bump this discussion.
I wonder if anyone has had any further thoughts about the practicality  
and usefulness of porting BioRuby over to git and github?

Mike


On 17 Apr 2008, at 18:41, Michael Barton wrote:

> I definitely agree with your statement about leap frogging SVN  
> straight to git, and it is also true that many ruby applications are  
> switching to github too.
>
> However forking BioRuby on github whilst still actively maintaining  
> the CVS/SVN version could generate confusion based on two differing  
> versions. My suggestion would be to freeze CVS development of  
> BioRuby at the next release, then move development over to github.
>
>
> On 17 Apr 2008, at 17:50, Adam Kraut wrote:
>> git+=1
>>
>> I have switched over several of our internal comp bio/chem projects  
>> to Git and so far it is working out wonderfully.  I don't think I  
>> understand everything Git is capable of yet but I am already seeing  
>> some huge benefits in how I approach development.  Having broken my  
>> teeth for so long on CVS I would welcome the change for something  
>> like BioRuby.  BioPerl is *just* now moving to subversion, I vote  
>> for BioRuby to leapfrog them and test the waters with Git.  I've  
>> never contributed back to BioRuby and I feel that Git could indeed  
>> lower that barrier for myself and others.  Github itself is a Ruby  
>> (Rails?/Merb?) application and it seems like the greater Ruby  
>> community is switching rapidly.  Is there anything stopping someone  
>> from putting BioRuby up on Github right now just to play around with?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Michael Barton <mail at michaelbarton.me.uk 
>> > wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I wondered if the BioRuby developers had considered moving from SVN  
>> hosting to git hosting, specifically on github. I think using git  
>> and github could lower the barrier to people contributing code.  
>> Github offers free hosting for open source projects. Similarly  
>> Lighthouse offers free issue tracking to open source projects and  
>> integrates well with github.
>>
>> https://github.com
>> http://www.lighthouseapp.com
>>
>> I've written a bit more about why this could be useful on my blog
>> http://tinyurl.com/4yxm7u
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mike
>>
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