Here is a list of problems with GitHub:
- no private branches (where we'll put our repository for papers?)
- no private wiki pages (where we'll put our todo list and referee comments?)
- command line unfriendly behavior of the GitHub download links for .zip and .tar.gz files
- here is how it works currently:
wget http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.1.2.tar.gz
- here is how it works with GitHub (command is almost twice longer and with additional parameters):
wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/delphes/delphes/archive/master.tar.gz -O delphes-master.tar.gz
- here is how it works currently:
- no search in wiki pages (GitHub proposes to do it from command line using grep)
- limited code browser:
- no way to see file history for files moved to a new directory (GitLab does it and it's now needed because all configuration files moved from examples to cards)
- no way to compare old and new versions of the same file (I regularly use this functionality)
- no way to adapt to our needs the interface of the code browser, wiki pages and issue tracker (for example, currently it's difficult to switch from code browser back to documentation)
- some information (formatting, dates, users) will be lost after migration of the tickets from trac to github.
- backup of GitHub code repositories is more difficult (needs manual intervention for any new repository)
- backup of issues/tickets is even more difficult
- restore from backup is not clear at all
Possible alternatives:
- local Trac with local Subversion repository and mirrors on GitHub, LaunchPad and BitBucket as for example it's done by the Trac, and Redmine developers:
- local Trac with local Git repository and mirrors
- local GitLab with local Git repository and mirrors
I've just quickly checked a couple of alternatives from the above list:
- while GitLab is good for local projects, the initial page of the project is not customizable and the developers refuse to add this functionality: http://feedback.gitlab.com/forums/176466-general/suggestions/3907476-add-readme-to-project-home-view
- LaunchPad does not have wiki pages or any other way to store documentation
So far, the following solution looks the most promising:
- main Git repository goes to GitHub
- wiki pages, tickets and mirror Git repository go to local Trac
- local private repository should be created for older Delphes versions and papers (we could keep current Subversion repository)
- trac-github (https://github.com/aaugustin/trac-github) plugin should be installed to automatically synchronize both repositories
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