Re: sr.ht --- "sir hat" --- alternatives to Github

["Matthew A. Miller" <[e-mail]>]

As per RFC 3005, the general list is intended for initial discussion
until there is a more focused venue.  Since this discussion has evolved
into "to GitHub, or not to GitHub", the appropriate venue is <
[e-mail] >.

This request should have gone out sooner, and I apologize for that
tardiness.


- m&m

Matthew A. Miller

On 19/01/24 09:44, Bob Hinden wrote:
> Matthew,
> 
> Please explain why this discussion shouldn’t be happening on the IETF list?  Seems relevant to me.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
>> On Jan 24, 2019, at 7:53 AM, Matthew A. Miller <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>
>> All,
>>
>> Please direct all further discussion on using GitHub to <
>> [e-mail] >.
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> -
>> Matthew A. Miller
>> IETF Sergeant-at-arms
>>
>> On 19/01/24 08:23, Fernando Gont wrote:
>>> On 22/1/19 20:31, Hector Santos wrote:
>>>> My opinion.
>>>>
>>>> My only concern is the perception that the IETF is now "requiring" to
>>>> learn a new suite of 3rd party tools for a single purpose - RFC Draft
>>>> submissions publishing.   For people doing this all the time, and
>>>> probably also using the same tools for other parts of their career, I
>>>> can understand it would be productive, but not for the occasional author.
>>>>
>>>> After several decades, I believe an application level IETF online RFC
>>>> publishing tool should be available.  In the past, I used XML2RFC (a
>>>> java app) to outline, produce and publish my drafts. Isn't this
>>>> available any more?   I would think a HTML5 version would be doable
>>>> today, and of course, some vcs would be integrated at the backend.
>>>>
>>>> I personally don't want wish to be learning git details and all the
>>>> other scripting tools and text formats for a single purpose.  I would if
>>>> I have to at some top level rudimentary level just to get the job, but
>>>> it is not desirable, and certainly not a career requirement for me.
>>>
>>> Don't worry: https://xkcd.com/1597/  (yes, there's a lot of truth to it
>>> :-) )
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>
>