[Python-Dev] Move selected documentation repos to PSF BitBucket account?

[Donald Stufft]

> On Nov 24, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
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> On Mon Nov 24 2014 at 2:25:30 AM Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com <mailto:ncoghlan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  
> That
> outcome would be the antithesis of the PSF's overall mission, 
> 
> This might be a little controversial, but the PSF's mission should not influence a decision of python-dev. If we had to break a tie then yes, I would choose the Python-based solution. But if a superior solution existed and it just happened to not be written in Python I'm not going to sacrifice productivity and the overall health of the project just to promote an inferior tool because they happened to choose Python.
> 
> The only reason we didn't go with Jira for our issue tracker was because of pressure to not go with a closed-source solution and I was promised volunteers from the FSF to help manage our issue tracker (which never materialized, BTW).

This is really what I’m trying to do but I’m apparently not getting my point across very well. I want us to pick the best tool for the job regardless of what language it’s written in. I just so happen to think that the best tool for the job in this case is Github.

> Yes, I object strongly to the use of GitHub when there are
> commercially supported services written in Python like BitBucket and
> RhodeCode available if we want to go the external hosting route, and
> other options like the RhodeCode derived Kallithea if we want to run a
> self-hosted forge. RhodeCode are even PSF sponsors - I'm sure they'd
> be willing to discuss the possibility of hosting core development
> repos on their service.
> 
> That's fine if they want to talk about free support, but being a PSF sponsor should not play into it in the slightest, else it's like buying influence.

Agreed here too (even then, Github has been a PyCon sponsor for awhile and has even ran their own Python conference in the past). I think it’s kind of shitty to reject and demean someone who has supported the Python community through various means just because their primary language isn’t Python.

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