[Patches] Re: [Python-Dev] Let's use the SourceForge Patch Manager

[Greg Stein]

I think you are being paranoid :-)

Consider that this same issue applies to all 5900 projects and 38000
developers at SourceForge. VA Linux has a brand identity entirely built on
the trust and support of the Linux (and Open Source) communities. If they
blow away that trust, they are simply screwed.

That said: it would still be a good thing to have export capabilities. I
recall that certain portions of the data (the Trove map?) can be exported in
XML format. I don't recall the magic URL for that, however.

Cheers,
-g

On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 10:16:45AM -0700, Paul Prescod wrote:
> I don't want to be paranoid, but are we putting any important
> information into SourceForge that we are not backing up elsewhere? I
> mean okay, we've all got CVS dumps, but if it went away (DOJ antitrust
> suit...) would we have backups of our patches, bugs, wish lists and so
> forth? I hope that's a criteria in deciding what services to move to
> SourceForge. I am in the business of preserving investments in data and
> of telling customers to avoid software that does not keep them in
> complete control of their data. SF makes me nervous that way....
> 
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