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[Holger Rapp <HolgerRapp@xxxxxxx>]

> On 26.02.2015, at 15:44, Fòram na Gàidhlig <fios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the participation in the discussion around moving away from Launchpad. A lot of useful information was discovered and added to the document that makes the decision much less clear cut. Two biggies that let me think right now that we should stay on Launchpad for a bit longer is that they are working on git integration (makes the bzr deprecation moot) and that GitHub does not allow to attach arbitrary files to bug reports (savegames? log output?).
> 
> The only advantage I see in moving right now would be running our tests
> with Travis. If we can make our tests run with Launchpad, there is no
> reason to move IMO, especially since Git might be coming. Launchpad has
> also just finished a server upgrade, so timeouts during branching
> shouldn't happen anymore.

I do not think we can make our tests run with Launchpad: https://code.launchpad.net/~hjd/widelands/tests-poc/+merge/250533 <https://code.launchpad.net/~hjd/widelands/tests-poc/+merge/250533>

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> 
>> Posting this message to two mailinglist also made me think that we really should consolidate into one mailing list - and I suggest opening a Google Groups for widelands development and deprecating widelands-public@sourceforge and widelands-dev@launchpad. What do you think?
> 
> I didn't even know that the Sourceforge list existed. Widelands moved
> away from Sourceforge a long time ago, so retiring that list is
> definitely a good idea.

This list still exists because everybody can subscribe to it. The Launchpad list is only readable/writable for people that are part of the dev team. We restrict this a bit, since being part of the dev team comes with push to trunk rights which can be very destructive if done incorrectly.

> What would be the advantage of Google Groups, what features would we be
> actually using? Or in other words, except for posting the occasional
> document link to 2 mailing lists (which will be just 1 in the future),
> what would we get out of it? I don't use Google except for Widelands,
> hence I'm asking ;)

It would be open to everybody again and more modern than the terrible mailman interface that sourceforge uses. Also, it would allow to collaborate on docs & drive more easily as they can be shared with a google group. I am a big fan of collaborating on docs - and I think that the move from github doc has shown how valuable that can be. 


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> 
>> There are still some TODOs in the document that I need help with and some sections that others need to fill in. Could you all have another quick look over the doc and contribute information and comments as you can?
>> 
>> It is here:
>> http://tinyurl.com/WlMoveToGithub
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Holger
> 
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