It'd've been advantageous to see this go on a purely open service like Gitorious instead. They often provide similar features as GitHub and could definitely use the exposure of Linus's account.
I use and enjoy GitHub, so this definitely isn't a personal gripe, I'd just like to see the competition in that space heat up a bit, and there'd be bonus points if we could simultaneously promote a completely open platform.
"[...] it was just the first one that came up when I googled for "git hosting". I've not tried any of the hosting places before, so it was a random choice."
Edit: I take it back. It's completely screwed. There's a # in the ID, and it though it works when you add the fragment to the URL in the address bar while you're viewing the page, visiting the link afresh makes it explode.
WHen I google "git hosting", the first hit is git.kernel.org, then two stack overflow posts, then Gitorious, then GitHub. I wonder what my account contains that makes Google think Gitorious is more important to me.
I am curious to know which one has contributed more to the open source scene. Github has released many non trivial code of its backend and popularized the use of git outside the Linux kernel.
Gitorious's web front-end is entirely open source (but a huge pain to setup) but Github's web front-end is proprietary (although they open source many of their backend libraries).
The "torvalds" github account claims to have been created today. Did github have reserve that account name for Linus or did they boot a squatter? I see there dubious accounts registered for "linustorvalds", "billgates", and "stevejobs" but not "billg" or "sjobs".
btw stevejobs uploaded Windows 8 source code in 2009! Bill, you might want to give Steve a call. ;)
Why not fix all the typos if it's as easy as clicking 'edit file'? He has the option to merge it by clicking one button.
I just can't see the downside. He didn't want to merge it due to the lack of signed-off-by, but at least he knows there's a typo there now and can fix it or let it be if it doesn't bother him.
TL/DR: I've never used GTK before, I know my code sucks, but my little divelog program is better than anything else I could find, and if someone wants to fix my code they are welcome to do so.
Well, and knowing Linus, few months from today he will probably get frustrated by some limitation and write his own Git front end (that everyone will start using) and it will be a better front end
The question is which platform would Linus use for a web front end?
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I use and enjoy GitHub, so this definitely isn't a personal gripe, I'd just like to see the competition in that space heat up a bit, and there'd be bonus points if we could simultaneously promote a completely open platform.
"[...] it was just the first one that came up when I googled for "git hosting". I've not tried any of the hosting places before, so it was a random choice."
(I don't know how to link a comment in google+, it's in https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/PVZDD2N3... )
https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/PVZDD2N3...
Edit: I take it back. It's completely screwed. There's a # in the ID, and it though it works when you add the fragment to the URL in the address bar while you're viewing the page, visiting the link afresh makes it explode.
Nice work, chaps. :-|
http://gitorious.com/
btw stevejobs uploaded Windows 8 source code in 2009! Bill, you might want to give Steve a call. ;)
Github hacked kernel.org
On the other hand, he might very well spark some interesting things just by committing small stubs of his ideas.
https://github.com/arkx/diveclog/commit/c800d93a83f18b1c2b18...
I just can't see the downside. He didn't want to merge it due to the lack of signed-off-by, but at least he knows there's a typo there now and can fix it or let it be if it doesn't bother him.
(For the record, this was not the first typo fix contributed, see https://github.com/torvalds/diveclog/pull/2 for something he already pulled in.)
TL/DR: I've never used GTK before, I know my code sucks, but my little divelog program is better than anything else I could find, and if someone wants to fix my code they are welcome to do so.
The question is which platform would Linus use for a web front end?
I put binaries up at http://patraulea.com/diveclog/diveclog-win32-110904.zip