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Bidding farewell to Google Code

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Re: Bidding farewell to Google Code

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Post by some_furry »

the_mitsuhiko wrote: post #133
ericfontaine wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it is fair to for GitLab to pitch their service, considering that the google code blogspot post specifically mentioned both GitHub 8 times and Bitbucket 3 times, while GitLab offers similar functionality. It would have been fairer for the blog to not-specifically endorse anything or post a link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_source_code_soft...

> I think it is fair to for GitLab to pitch their service, considering that the google code blogspot post specifically mentioned both GitHub 8 times and Bitbucket 3 times, while GitLab offers similar functionality. The only thing similar between gitlab and github is that they do something with version control. Gitlab is not a place for open source projects. The projects with the most stars on gitlab s gitlab itself w…

> Gitlab is not a place for open source projects.

What reasons do you have to you believe this statement? I'm curious.

> The projects with the most stars on gitlab s gitlab itself with 221 stars right now. Even the smallest nodejs project achieves that popularity on github.

Really? I'm surprised. I started coding a forum platform and I only amassed 3 stars. On my non-furry personas, I've capped out at about 13.

I don't think popularity in github projects is fairly distributed enough to use that as a refutation of the quality GitLab has to offer. It's a bigger bandwagon, sure, but that's all.

While a big bandwagon can be attractive (it is for me), I don't think it's fair to disqualify a competitor based on this metric alone.

Re: Bidding farewell to Google Code

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Post by BrainInAJar »

micro_cam wrote: post #97

Myself and lots of other academics chose google code to host projects that are no longer actively contributed to but still used or of interest to the academic community as building blocks for future research. At the time it seemed like the safest place to leave something. I'll be moving my code and forking a few analytical projects I use appreciate but I hope they would leave the site up in read only or archive mode…

> At the time it seemed like the safest place to leave something.

Google is never the safest place to store anything, unless it's your personal data. Google sunsets products constantly.

Re: Bidding farewell to Google Code

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Post by VieElm »

perakojotgenije wrote: post #155
rdtsc wrote: post #135

Anyone else scared of the Github monoculture? I am. For all the touted distributed version control advantages we now have one world global centralized repo. Yeah, yeah, I know you can clone it locally. But of course if all the issues, and testing, and build tools are tied to Github. Isn't it a bit disconcerting? Maybe I am just paranoid. And not saying that Google code was going anywhere, I saw more and more projects…

It's not monoculture, there is also bitbucket which IMHO is much better product. Problem is that all the cool kids are now using github and if you want to look cool you also have to use github. Or you could just ignore the hype and use bitbucket.

In addition to BitBucket there's also Unfuddle which is pretty great.

Re: Bidding farewell to Google Code

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Post by javajosh »

perakojotgenije wrote: post #155
rdtsc wrote: post #135

Anyone else scared of the Github monoculture? I am. For all the touted distributed version control advantages we now have one world global centralized repo. Yeah, yeah, I know you can clone it locally. But of course if all the issues, and testing, and build tools are tied to Github. Isn't it a bit disconcerting? Maybe I am just paranoid. And not saying that Google code was going anywhere, I saw more and more projects…

It's not monoculture, there is also bitbucket which IMHO is much better product. Problem is that all the cool kids are now using github and if you want to look cool you also have to use github. Or you could just ignore the hype and use bitbucket.

I'm genuinely curious, what do you like better about bitbucket?

Re: Bidding farewell to Google Code

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Post by xasos »

sytse wrote: post #137
gjtorikian wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> including many from Gitorious That's a bit disingenuous. GitLab purchased Gitorious--of course people are switching.

Sorry, it would have been better to say we acquired them, thanks for noting this.

BTW, One of your testimonials on your landing page bashes Gitorious (which no longer exists and is part of your company):

> “Gitlab is an excellent option….. not only more user friendly than Gitorious but also easier to install.”

Re: Bidding farewell to Google Code

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Post by qnaal »

Someone1234 wrote: post #149
rossj wrote: post #138

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That's great, until code.google.com no longer resolves, at which point it won't help :( Would be nice if they used that info to automatically redirect to the new site.

They also should be returning a 301 and the new URL so crawlers can follow it and delete the old site from their records...

http status codes are so web 1.1

Re: Bidding farewell to Google Code

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Post by mlinksva »

kzhahou wrote: post #152
pdknsk wrote: post #104

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https://about.gitlab.com/ "Better than GitHub" That's quite a motto.

It makes them sound petty and actually-probably-worse. Just say you're the best git host. Don't mention your competitor. I'm going to go create an account on it now. Good luck, guys!

That motto links to an excellent explanation https://about.gitlab.com/better-than-github/

IMO not mentioning competitors and not providing a detailed comparison to competitors means that marketing is winning and the market is failing.

Kudos to gitlab for providing info which helps the market work. Opposite of petty! :)

Re: Bidding farewell to Google Code

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Post by gerbal »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #143

There goes my PageRank. Thanks Google. Does anyone know of a way to make the landing page at GitHub look less confusing than the default? That is the #1 reason I went with GC. I want first time users to see descriptive text not an activity log.

make a gh_pages branch and build a descriptive jekyll page.

Or just have a good Readme.md and hope people scroll down.

Re: Bidding farewell to Google Code

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Post by xasos »

Sure, services like GitLab and BitBucket are cool, but GitHub is the superior option. Take away the fact that they are open source/have unlimited free repos, and there isn't much else.

GitHub has a superior UI, a waaaaaay bigger community, a great API, offers student discounts (5 free repos), and other goodies.

Re: Bidding farewell to Google Code

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Post by sytse »

BinaryIdiot wrote: post #153
sytse wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is the third link on the homepage, that says "Sign up for GitLab.com with unlimited free (private) repositories and collaborators.". But we're open to suggestions to make it more obvious. It is hard to communicate downloads and a saas.

Ah for whatever reason I didn't see that at all.

No problem, it is not that obvious, any suggestions how to make it more findable without messing up the other options are welcome.
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