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1. Nathan Willis

   Perhaps my big beef with the whole #Github fad is that it discourages developers from packaging anything.

   about a year ago from Gwibber at Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha
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   • Christopher Allan Webber

     That is an interesting/sad side effect.

     about a year ago
   • Christopher Allan Webber Christopher Allan Webber

     I don't think that's an ethical problem with #github though. More related to "style of publishing"

     about a year ago
   • Christopher Allan Webber Christopher Allan Webber

     That said, interesting that even in python people tend to install right from git, eg using pip's vcs source install option

     about a year ago
   • Nathan Willis Christopher Allan Webber

     @cwebber: well, in all honesty packaging in general is still a huge mess. I'm not aware of a code hosting site that makes it painless

     about a year ago
   • Mike Linksvayer

     @n8 how would a code hosting site facilitate packaging? Serious question, maybe there's an opportunity there.

     about a year ago
   • Nathan Willis Mike Linksvayer

     @mlinksva yeah; I dunno exactly :) That probably quickly devolves into problems with RPM and Deb themselves. OBS does *something* though….

     about a year ago
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   • Tom Marble Mike Linksvayer

     @mlinksva code hosting w/@jenkinsci built in test, packaging and C&CS "jobs" out-of-the box! #MereMatterOfProgramming

     about a year ago
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   • testuser94022

     That doesn't seem to be the case with NodeJS.

     about a year ago