[BioRuby] BioRuby on github + lighthouse

[Adam Kraut]

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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