Why GNA! is better than Savannah
In the beginning there was…blah, okay I won’t go that far. Though, the first host provider I used was SourceForge.net. I used that for three projects:
GFSGL, GFSI and GoldenFiles. Mostly random stuff there, not too large projects.
Then one day I thought about this and well, using a proprietary website to produce and manage a free software project makes…well…no sense. So then I started looking at the alternatives. I landed on Savannah. My first Savannah project was GoldenPod. Followed by the (mostly dead) GoldenBackup (no link due to no website nor release, it does have a CVS though). Then followed by the common configuration parser. Then I had my disagreements with Savannah (as some of you might remember).
Then I started looking at GNA! which I am now using for my most active project, Day planner. Now what does GNA! have to offer that Savannah doesn’t?
Well, it offers easier access to the downloads directory, I can simply rsync/scp stuff from my box to the GNA! download directory. It also has SVN which is imho MUCH better than CVS (I’ve never used Arch, so I won’t say anything about that). They also offer download/website statistics, something Savannah doesn’t. The only plus of Savannah I can find is some of their admins. I’ve spoken with a few of them and they where very nice, savannah also has an IRC channel (#savannah on freenode) which is rather nice. Though currently, I’ll take my GNA! without my Savannah if that is possible thank you very much.
April 24th, 2006 at 17:45
Hey Zero_Dogg. I could name more other things that are plus points for Savannah, but it’s your choice nevertheless. And since GNA! supports the free software community as well, everything is right, I think.
But “thanks” anyway, I know that we are really nice. :-p
And I had to notice that you are a really nice guy, too, and your software projects are worth to be part of the free software movement. Plz go on.