I vote for github -- their tools are superb with very nice GUI and command-line 
integration with git.

On Apr 27, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Raju Bitter wrote:

> Motivation to use Assembla or a similar service:
> If the community forks the project, we should spend as little time as
> possible on infrastructure, and still make it as easy as possible to
> communicate with other team members and the community. Sourceforge can
> be relatively complicated, with a lot of manual work due to the bad
> integration between the SVN server and Trac.
> 
> Assembla supports things like group chat, Skype integration, Eclipse
> IDE integration into the ticket system, Git, SVN. I think migrating
> the OL code to a Git repository would be big plus.
> 
> Why the Assembla.com based URL might not be good idea?
> The project will probably be less visible than at the big open source
> hosting services.
> 
> Here are some blog post listing reasons to use a service like Assembla
> instead of sourceforge:
> http://community.impresscms.org/modules/imblogging/post.php?post_id=199
> "Assembla adds some interesting features not present in other hosted
> code repositories - there is group chat, skype integration, stand up
> reports (if your a Scrum developer, you'll recognize this), Plus, the
> subversion and ticket integration is an essential piece for us.
> Sourceforge, sadly, fell down on this one. Also, this new environment
> will allow Eclipse users (or any other IDE that uses MyLyn) to tie
> into the ticket system, not just the code!"
> 
> http://theoreticalecology.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/sourceforge-vs-google-code-assembla/
> 
> Indefero is interesting since the software is open source. That means,
> we could start out with a hosted package for the first 6-12 months,
> and then set up our own server if we want to.
> 
> And here is a list of alternatives to Sourceforge:
> http://alternativeto.net/software/sourceforge/
> 
> Raju


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