POLL: Would a FGD git repository be of use for you?
Posted: 02 Feb 2018, 14:00
EDIT: https://git.freegamedev.net
This one is a poll mainly for developers, but users very active in testing early releases or bug reporting can also vote.
We could set up one of the available web front-ends to a git repository here on FGD that would exclusively cater to open-source game developers.
The options are pretty much:
Gitlab CE https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce (slightly cut down self-hosted version of the Gitlab.com service)
Gitea https://gitea.io/ (lightweight Github clone, not as "freemium" as Gitlab CE)
With current strong preferrence to Gitea (or Gogs, which is more or less the same), due much lower server requirements.
You can have a look at it's features here: https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/
Gitea demo: https://try.gitea.io/demo/test
Login could most likely be linked to the same as the forum, so all forum users could directly log into Gitea as well and submit issues or (if allowed) edit the wiki etc.
I also think this kind of repository with wiki is much preferable to our current "public" wiki, as wikis are always "owned" by someone and not just public waste-lands.
Note that due to server storage space limitation each individual account would probably be allocated only very limited space (5mb?). For officially hosted projects this could be increased of course, but I don't think FGD should become a file-hoster or the location to download large open-source games.
This one is a poll mainly for developers, but users very active in testing early releases or bug reporting can also vote.
We could set up one of the available web front-ends to a git repository here on FGD that would exclusively cater to open-source game developers.
The options are pretty much:
Gitlab CE https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce (slightly cut down self-hosted version of the Gitlab.com service)
Gitea https://gitea.io/ (lightweight Github clone, not as "freemium" as Gitlab CE)
With current strong preferrence to Gitea (or Gogs, which is more or less the same), due much lower server requirements.
You can have a look at it's features here: https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/
Gitea demo: https://try.gitea.io/demo/test
Login could most likely be linked to the same as the forum, so all forum users could directly log into Gitea as well and submit issues or (if allowed) edit the wiki etc.
I also think this kind of repository with wiki is much preferable to our current "public" wiki, as wikis are always "owned" by someone and not just public waste-lands.
Note that due to server storage space limitation each individual account would probably be allocated only very limited space (5mb?). For officially hosted projects this could be increased of course, but I don't think FGD should become a file-hoster or the location to download large open-source games.