How do you rate the host of an open source project?
I am about to create my first open source project and I am trying to decide where to put it in google or codeplex code. It seems to me that codeplex has a better set of community features and google code has a real svn and version comparison facility. What was the deciding factor for the placement of your project?
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The number one function for me is to get my code from and from repositories, which is very easy with google code and even with assembly (although I'm not up to date with the latest usage terms with assembly). Codeplex leans towards TFS which is difficult to use, but you can get it to work with SVNBridge and turtle which is easier.
Once you've worked out your input and output code, it really comes down to personal preference.
Do you want a Wiki? Do you want to track problems? Do you want to have automatic builds? Do you need integration with third party tools (like fogbugz or trac)?
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For the Task Coach , I started with Sourceforge and the Yahoo group for mailing lists. When we added translations for the Task Coach, we also started using Launchpad because of its support for editing translations over the web. I decided to completely move Task Coach to Launchpad (I like Bazaar), but Launchpad doesn't offer website hosting, while Sourceforge does. Additionally, Sourceforge offers several source control systems these days, including Bazaar. I am currently considering using Uservoice so that Task Coach users can vote on new features.
I guess these are the features I was / was looking for in open source hosts:
- Project web hosting
- End user download support
- Source code version control
- Tracking Inquiries / Support Inquiry / Support
- Support for editing translations
- Mailing lists
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