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

[Richard Barnes <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 3:52 PM Hector Santos <hsantos=
[e-mail]> wrote:

> On 1/21/2019 12:51 PM, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yes, I agree with this, and I don't think that this proposed WG is or
> > should be about pushing people to adopt Git/Github.
> >
> > However, with that said, if someone came to me and asked me what
> > toolchain I thought they should use to write an I-D, I would advise
> > them to use Github.
> >
> > -Ekr
>
> Practical.  But why GITHUB?  Why not push for an IETF Git server?
>

Because GitHub > git.  Pull requests, diff views, review requirements, etc.

If you'd said GitLab, maybe more plausible.  But still not a good use of
IETF resources.


Full control. Not dependent on 3rd party and you don't have to wait on
> Microsoft/GitHub for any advanced integration with other parts of the
> IETF RFC review/editing/publishing system. Like you indicated, I would
> think most work is under one editor, so it's really an overkill.
>
> I understand the pressure to use what's comfortable with many today,
> so I don't like the idea its being used more and more, sort of forcing
> others to do the same.
>
> PS: We are still using CVS for our products! Very old school, but it
> does the job and no money wasted on duplicity.
>
> That said, is there an RFC on using GitHub for publishing?
>

I believe that a WG has been proposed to develop such a thing.  In the
meantime, there's https://github.com/martinthomson/i-d-template/

--RLB