[Python-Dev] migration away from SourceForge? (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry@python.org
15 Apr 2003 07:56:48 -0400

On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 01:24, Martin v. L=F6wis wrote:

It is probably possible to find somebody to host the Python CVS and offer enough connectivity to give more performant service than SF. However, there is more to hosting such a service: You need user management, email notifications, backups, and occasional hand-editing of the CVS repository.=20

This would actually be a big advantage over the present situation. CVS repository surgery is (sadly) necessary sometimes, but it's something we currently can't do without a lot of pain.

I would expect that it might consume significant time (several hours a week) to host the Python CVS. (Time per project reduces if you host several projects)

I can think of at least 3 projects we could host. :). But even if GForge was our panacea, it would still take a real commitment to run and maintain. I suspect the current crop of volunteers is already stretched pretty far. OTOH, if we could roll Zope into the mix, we'd have more resources to draw from, maybe.

-Barry