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

[Carsten Bormann <[e-mail]>]

> Rather weird to read an entire article talking about 'forges'
> that doesn’t mention SourceForge, the granddaddy of them all

Sourceforge is the worst choice I’m aware of.
(Yes, we did projects on Sourceforge when they were the only play in town.
We got rid of them when they became criminals [drive-by installers].
Yes, they have new management, but I have no idea why one would go back.)

> My take is that, if you're contemplating using git as a necessary
> tool to help you develop and maintain an internet-draft, you should
> question why you’re writing an internet-draft in the first place...

People who do software know that documents are code and need revision control as much as the other code.  Git is the consensus way to do collaborative revision control.  Why on earth would I use it for everything else and not for my Internet-Drafts?

Grüße, Carsten

(Git is “not necessary” in the same way that toilets are “not necessary”.
Yes, you can do without, but it is so much cleaner with them, so they have become the standard.)