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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

I tried Google groups as an alternativ to setting up a mailman list on
fenicsproject.org (which required some non-trivial configuration):

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/fenics-dev

Would that be a good alternative, or does it require everyone who
wants to post to register for a Google email account?

--
Anders


On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:48:03PM +0000, David Ham wrote:
>   A third practical issue, we need to think about how we cleanly
>   transition branches.
>   David
>     Two practical questions:
>     * Bitbucket issues look nice for tracking bugs. Bur how about the
>     registered open bugs? Will 'someone' transfer these from Launchpad
>     or will they be lost in the move?
>     * Is there any work involved in maintaining the mailinglist?



>     > Dear FEniCS users and developers,
>     >
>     > A couple of weeks back, a discussion got started on whether
>     > Launchpad/bzr is the best platform for FEniCS development.
>     >
>     > Sites like Bitbucket and GitHub are competing heavily to offer
>     > superior services to coders, the development of bzr seems to have
>     > stagnated and Git offers several attractive features over Bazaar.
>     >
>     > We've discussed various options over the last week with several
>     > developers, and done some testing and evaluation of our different
>     > options. Based on these discussions, Garth and I would like to
>     make



>     > the following proposal:
>     >
>     > 1. Move all the code to Git
>     >
>     > 2. Move all the code to Bitbucket
>     >
>     > 3. Move the user questions to [2]http://scicomp.stackexchange.com/
>     >
>     > 4. Move the mailing list(s) to [3]fenicsproject.org
>     >
>     > 5. Move all the code into a single repository using Git subtress
>     >
>     > Some comments:
>     >
>     > - Bitbucket and GitHub seem very comparable. One small advantage
>     of



>     > Â Bitbucket is that they allow free private repositories for
>     academic



>     > Â use, which some of us already use heavily for papers and
>     > Â presentations.
>     >
>     > - If we later want to switch to GitHub, it would be a very
>     lightweight



>     > Â operation, since it would only involve moving a Git repository
>     (not



>     > Â user questions, mailing lists, project teams etc etc). We can
>     also



>     > Â mirror the Git repository on GitHub right from the start so that
>     > Â GitHub users can access it conveniently.
>     >
>     > - I've asked the moderators on scicomp.stackexchange whether they
>     > Â would welcome FEniCS user questions and they are very welcoming.
>     >
>     >
>     Â [4]http://meta.scicomp.stackexchange.com/questions/338/can-scicomp
>     -stackexchange-be-used-for-project-specific-questions



>     >
>     > Â Some work will be required to create instructions on which
>     > Â questions are appropriate to send to scicomp.stackexchange, and
>     > Â which might instead go to the mailing list.
>     >
>     > - Let's start with a single mailing list
>     [5]fenics-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.



>     > Â If we need more, we can add it later.
>     >
>     > - I haven't thought about the Launchpad PPA service, so that
>     remains



>     > Â to be discussed.
>     >
>     > What we do now is:
>     >
>     > - Hear back from the community. I've had a chance to talk to most
>     of



>     > Â you here at the FEniCS'13 conference in Cambridge, but not all.
>     > Â Please state any objections.
>     >
>     > - Move the code over to Bitbucket as soon as we can. Then the
>     rest.



>     >
>     > PS: Thanks to Andy for being so obnoxious and bugging me about why
>     we



>     > are still on Launchpad, and for suggesting the use of
>     > scicomp.stackexchange for the user questions.
>     >
>     >
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>   2. http://scicomp.stackexchange.com/
>   3. http://fenicsproject.org/
>   4. http://meta.scicomp.stackexchange.com/questions/338/can-scicomp-stackexchange-be-used-for-project-specific-questions
>   5. javascript:;
>   6. https://launchpad.net/~fenics
>   7. javascript:;
>   8. https://launchpad.net/~fenics
>   9. https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>  10. https://launchpad.net/~fenics
>  11. javascript:;
>  12. https://launchpad.net/~fenics
>  13. https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>  14. http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/david.ham