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<H1>Re: [snapscan] Sourceforge request submitted</H1>
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<STRONG>From:</STRONG> Petter Reinholdtsen (<A HREF="mailto:pere@hungry.com?Subject=Re:%20[snapscan]%20Sourceforge%20request%20submitted&In-Reply-To=&lt;200010151553.XAA08576@localhost.localdomain&gt;"><EM>pere@hungry.com</EM></A>)<BR>
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<EM>&gt; A uniform directory a la Freshmeat is a great idea, but sourceforge
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<EM>&gt; worries me because it represents a single point of failure.
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<P>Yes, I agree it is risky to keep so many eggs in one basket. But on
<BR>
the other hand it is just a copy of the eggs, not the eggs themselves.
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(As most free software is available from FTP sites all over the world,
<BR>
the mailing lists are in peoples mailboxes).
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<P>I believe the SANE would do better with a problem tracking system, to
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make it easier for people to know what is working and what is not, and
<BR>
to make it easier for developers to remember which bugs are still
<BR>
hiding in the source.
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<P>I also believe a patch manager system is a good thing, to make sure
<BR>
the patches are remembered. I know it is is a pain to search my
<BR>
mailbox and the mailing list archive to check if all the patches are
<BR>
checked before making a release.
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<P>Getting these things for free seems like a good deal. I'm sure it is
<BR>
better in some ways to have our own, but it is also worse as we do not
<BR>
seem to have the resources to set it up in the first place, and do not
<BR>
know if anyone will be able to maintain it later (which of course do
<BR>
not not know about Sourceforge as well. :-).
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<P>I don't know. It is parhaps not the most pressing problem at the
<BR>
moment, but seeing how the CVS repository speeded up the SANE project,
<BR>
I believe more state of the art tools for software development would
<BR>
give even more improvements.
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<P>(Which reminds me. We should have a regression testing system to make
<BR>
sure old bugs do not sneak back in unnoticed. Any volunteers? :-)
<BR>
<P>BTW: Did anyone actually step in to help David with the mailing list
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;maintainence?
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