IMHO ... I would personally love to avoid having to move, for exactly the
reasons that several people of put forth, but largely, migrating projects
from one to the other *would* be a nightmare (doable, but painful) ...
So, if it is/were possible to build up a team to push development of GBorg
forward, that would be teh optimal solution ...
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Chris Ryan wrote:
> With respect to GBorg vs GForge, or any other project hosting site
> infrastructure for that matter, it is my firm belief that you should do
> what is best for the PostgreSQL community. Which is best? I am sure
> everyone will have their own opinions about that along with the merits
> and disadvantages to each choice. If the choice is made to move away
> from GBorg I would fully understand and offer my assistance in any
> migration effort possible to another system.
>
> As for the direct development and maintenance of GBorg I often just
> simply lack the time to do anything beyond simple maintenance and some
> of the smaller enhancements requested by users. One of my biggest
> things I've been wanting to do it enhance the admin screens for project
> approval and turn that over to this list in the same manner that the
> news and events is currently done. If GBorg is to stay around some
> changes like that would be great to try and involve more people than
> just myself into the process. I could also come up with a list of
> things people have asked for in the past that could be worked on.
>
> If GBorg stays it will need effort and participation from the
> community in order to make it into a better development platform. That
> is not something I can do by my self.
>
> In an effort to fix a mistake I have probably made from the
> beginning I would like to announce that I do not claim control over the
> vision or future of GBorg. I have always tried to do what was desired
> by others in the effort to make GBorg useful to the PostgreSQL
> community. If the pgsql-www group wants to claim control of the vision
> I would encourage it does so.
>
>
> Chris Ryan
>
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