On 26 December 2017 at 00:00, Juan Telleria <jtelleriar at gmail.com> wrote:> Maybe I'm new, and forgive my ignorance, but maybe in the future (~ X years > from now) the R Project could be managed entirely from github, by doingI strongly disagree. Are you aware that github is a commercial company, github inc. [1] ? What about gitlab? or Microsoft's codeplex? There are other services similar to github, why github? What happens if github goes out of business? R-project should be maintained in the academic network and under auspices of universities. [*] GitHub, Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub
Mmmmm... I see... thank you Suzen. Juan> I strongly disagree. Are you aware that github is a commercial > company, github inc. [1] ? > What about gitlab? or Microsoft's codeplex? There are other services > similar to github, why github? > What happens if github goes out of business? > > R-project should be maintained in the academic network and under > auspices of universities. > > > [*] GitHub, Inc. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
However, and hope not to be off-topic, a git repository (github, gitlab, codeplex, etc., not just solely github) could constitute a tidy approach, and make things easier to R Core :) By putting the focus on version control, the line of changes made with each commit (With the possibility to reverse changes), and not verbose e-mails. Juan I strongly disagree. Are you aware that github is a commercial>> company, github inc. [1] ? >> What about gitlab? or Microsoft's codeplex? There are other services >> similar to github, why github? >> What happens if github goes out of business? >> >> R-project should be maintained in the academic network and under >> auspices of universities. >> >> >> [*] GitHub, Inc. >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub >> > >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]