NetWinder at GitHub

Lars Brinkhoff lars at nocrew.org
Tue Sep 12 06:28:29 PDT 2017


Ralph Siemsen wrote:
>> I'd like to suggest that NetWinder information and software could be
>> placed (mirrored?) at GitHub
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I guess I find myself wondering: what would
> be gained by this? Currently, hosting is with OSU and they have been
> great.

You're right, there's no huge gain.  It's my impression that software
placed on GitHub can get more eyeballs, and makes it easy to cooperate.
But...

> That said, nothing has changed on the site in over a decade.  And
> development efforts stopped even earlier than that.

...in this case, maybe the point is moot.

I learned that immportant pieces like the firmware has been withdrawn
due to some legal issue.  If that can't be resolved, I guess there isn't
a compelling reason to try to copy things to GitHub.



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