[Simh] SIMH future releases / Sourceforge project

Wilm Boerhout w781 at planet.nl
Thu Sep 2 12:34:32 EDT 2010


  Toby Thain mentioned on 2-9-2010 18:25:
>
> On 2-Sep-10, at 12:18 PM, Wilm Boerhout wrote:
>
>>
>> Richard mentioned on 2-9-2010 18:13:
>>> In article<4C7FCADD.90802 at bandsman.co.uk>,
>>> Nigel Horne<njh at bandsman.co.uk> writes:
>>>
>>>> I have experience with sourceforge; I'm willing to offer my time and
>>>> help as an admin on the project's sourceforge area if needed.
>>> Personally I'd be happy to see it migrate away from sourceforge as its
>>> basically become an open source ghetto now.
>> and SIMH, originally, was not "open source" in the sense that any 
>> responsible programmer could contribute.
>> The quality of the software and the ultimate decision on released 
>> functionality was always in the hands of Bob S.
>> And a mighty fine job he did!
>>
>> I'm not sure that releasing it into the "open source ghetto" of 
>> sourceforge is a good idea.
>>
>
> How could it change the way the software is administered? That's 
> entirely up to the owner(s).
>
> It's just a convenient place to distribute, track issues, etc.
>
> --Toby
>
>
>> My 2 €c worth...
>>
>> /Wilm
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>
This discussion is not (was not originally) where it's stored (although 
others above have pointed to viable alternatives) but who is 
responsible: Bob Supnik or the "open source community". I vote for Bob.

/Wilm



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