a-sf-mirror
Infrastructure
code archiving mirror
SHOW HN2015
146points
82comments
#143of 2,565 in 2015
Top 6%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
5 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Idea: 4 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Valuable effort to preserve obscure source code
From 3 comments
Nice. I agree with what the others are saying, there's a lot of source code for solving obscure programs that is only on Sourceforge. One example I found recently is a program…
jmkni on HNHonestly, this is a serious issue for my field. There are so many obscure academic binaries hosted on SF... I hope someone manages to mirror them. [The fact that a lot of the…
Osmium on HNYes, this is a more challenging and potentially risky one. I think you're taking the right approach by capturing the code and the history. In fact, I think you're going above and…
caseysoftware on HN
Objections
GitHub is a commercial provider and may not last
From 2 comments
Why Github? Copying from one commercial provider to another doesn't solve the fundamental problem. Using git helps, but most of those old repos will never get cloned. In 10 years…
pavlov on HNThis seems much more like a temporary fix, not really a solution. A few years from now GitHub can do the same thing that sf did. This after all seems to be the fate of commercial…
coliveira on HN
Binaries are not mirrored
From 1 comment
Why aren't you mirroring the binaries? These are vital for people in the future who do not have the time to set up a build environment for software from a decade ago. I'd also…
TazeTSchnitzel on HN
Requests
Mirror binaries as well as source
From 2 comments
Why aren't you mirroring the binaries? These are vital for people in the future who do not have the time to set up a build environment for software from a decade ago. I'd also…
TazeTSchnitzel on HNWhat about creating a torrent containing all these unmaintained SF projects (with binary downloads included)? This would dramatically increase the odds that the content is never…
jaytaylor on HN
Support SVN repositories
From 1 comment
> Currently, for each cloned project, we mirror its CVS repository and its website. Please add "SVN" (Subversion)
frik on HN
Questions
Why GitHub rather than a neutral host
From 2 comments
Why Github? Copying from one commercial provider to another doesn't solve the fundamental problem. Using git helps, but most of those old repos will never get cloned. In 10 years…
pavlov on HNNote 1: Moving things to GitHub or elsewhere does not remove them from SourceForge. So SF can continue to host and enjoy links on unmaintained websites, search engines etc. Note…
egsec on HN
Alternatives named
Archive Team
From 2 comments
Why aren't you mirroring the binaries? These are vital for people in the future who do not have the time to set up a build environment for software from a decade ago. I'd also…
TazeTSchnitzel on HNNice! But in my opinion better help archiveteam with their efforts!
lcswi on HN
GitLab
From 2 comments
> Point me to a good alternative to github that matches all your ideals. A free alternative to github - free as in beer, unless you're willing to fund this effort yourself, of…
yellowapple on HNAt GitLab you are very welcome. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
sytse on HN
Savannah
From 2 comments
savannah? In don't think it's a very good alternative and I subscribe to the "we'll fix ten years problems in ten years" but it doesn't have the same issues.
riffraff on HN> Point me to a good alternative to github that matches all your ideals. A free alternative to github - free as in beer, unless you're willing to fund this effort yourself, of…
yellowapple on HN