[BioRuby] BioRuby on github + lighthouse

[Michael Barton]

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
>
> _______________________________________________
> BioRuby mailing list
> BioRuby at lists.open-bio.org
> http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bioruby
>