From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2010-01-27T01:48:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Open Source Subversion Hosting

Thomas Sawyer wrote:
> Looking for Rubyist's recommendations for free open-source Subversion
> hosting now that Rubyforge is being (albeit ever so slowly) phased
> out.
> 
> I host most of my work on Github and I am very happy with it (even
> though I find using git itself a bit like working in a 1970s CS
> lab ;). 

Then you're not using Git properly, I think.

> But I have a number of scrap projects, code snippets,
> explorations, and so on, that I want to keep in a repo, something more
> suitable to Subversion b/c it handles sub-projects well.

So does Git.  In fact, Git does everything Subversion does, but better. 
Do yourself a big favor and drop Subversion entirely.

This goes double for open-source projects: Git really was designed with 
the needs of open-source projects in mind, while Subversion was not.  It 
shows.

> 
> I tried Google Projects and was quickly disappointed by the
> limitations on source code browsing (it stops working if you have "too
> many" files). The interface also feels a bit clunky (IMO). But the
> repo was fast.
> 
> At the moment I am back to Sourceforge.org. Unfortunately it is VERY
> SLOW. It also feels very outdated, hard to navigate, feature bloat,
> etc.
>

What's wrong with feature bloat?  In my book, that's often a good thing.

> Wondering if there are better options out there that others could
> recommend.

The best option: use Git and Github.  Failing that, I don't remember: 
does Unfuddle provide free hosting for open source?

Best,
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