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On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Christopher Aedo <doc at aedo.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:43 AM, Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse.com> wrote:
> > On 2015-10-20 12:17, Qiming Teng wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Just encountered this again in code review [1]. The question is about
> >> the repository to point to when documenting things up. Between the
> >> following links, which one should we use?
> >>
> >> - https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/sqlalchemy-migrate
> >> - https://github.com/openstack/sqlalchemy-migrate
> >>
> >> I had an impression that I saw something like 'use git.openstack.org
> >> instead of github.com because the later is just a mirror ...' but
> cannot
> >> find the link now. Maybe it is an illusion. :)
> >>
> >> So, seriously, any recommendations or guidelines?
> >
> >
> > Yes, git.openstack.org is our official server, github is just a
> read-only
> > mirror.
> >
> > Linking to github might also raise the expectation that we use the usual
> > github workflow which is not the case,
>
> I understand github is a read-only mirror and we don't want casual
> visitors to expect the github workflow - so in most cases I agree
> people should be pointed to our official server.
>
> On the other hand, the fact that github renders the README nicely
> (including images) leads to a much more inviting first impression.
> For example, for the uninitiated, this git.openstack.org URL[2]
> doesn't help at all if you are curious about the project, while the
> github.com URL[3] tells you what the project is about and even
> includes a few screenshots.  For purposes of learning about or
> understanding OpenStack I would say the github.com URL is vastly
> superior.
>

+1 I would never direct anyone new straight to git.openstack.org because it
makes a poor first impression relative to github.com. I assume that's the
reason why we keep github.com as a mirror at all (?).


>
> Is it crazy to suggest we do something similar with our github server?
>
> -Christopher
>
> [2]: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/app-catalog-ui/
> [3]: https://github.com/openstack/app-catalog-ui
>
> >
> > Andreas
> >
> >> [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/237404/
>
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