Edit detail for WhyChooseSavannah revision 5 of 19

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Editor: Beuc
Time: 2009/01/11 23:08:25 GMT+0
Note: mention other Savane-based forges

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Other sites that use Savane and offer free sofware hosting:

 * Gna!: http://gna.org/ - philosophically compatible with Savannah, but run by other people
 * Puszcza: http://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/ - ?


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-* Tuxfamily - http://tuxfamily.org/: Savannah-like free software hosting facility - `code <http://www.vhffs.org/>`_
-* http://repo.or.cz - first public Git hosting facility - `code <http://repo.or.cz/w/repo.git>`_ (Perl + shell)
-* Gitorious - http://gitorious.org/ with another web viewer - `code <http://gitorious.org/projects/gitorious>`_ (Ruby on Rails)
* Tuxfamily: http://tuxfamily.org/ - Savannah-like free software hosting facility - `code <http://www.vhffs.org/>`_
* http://repo.or.cz - first public Git hosting facility, runs a modified version of gitweb as the main interface + a minimum chroot'd environment + a few crons - `code <http://repo.or.cz/w/repo.git>`_ (Perl + shell)
* Gitorious: http://gitorious.org/ - Git hosting with another web viewer - `code <http://gitorious.org/projects/gitorious>`_ (Ruby on Rails)

changed:
-(Note that we do not list projects with a proprietary version)
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(Note that we do not list projects that advertise a proprietary version)


Savannah has high project approval requirements and thus visitors can expect freedom-related qualities from projects hosted here (such as no proprietary dependencies). Moreover, there are no adverts, thus you do not run the risk of getting an advert for a proprietary competitor on your project page.

Having fewer projects to deal with, we are able to provide, as far as we've been told, a quicker response time for most support requests. Thanks to the Savane software, we also provide a bug tracking system that we consider better.

By choosing Savannah, you show that you value your freedom, as all of Savannah is running exclusively with Free Software. Check SourceForge Drifting by Savannah founder Loic Dachary.

Technically, Savannah provides:

  • A choice of VCSes (version control systems) for your source code:
  • The Savane integrated bug tracking system, for bugs, support requests, tasks and patches
  • Mailing lists at lists.gnu.org and lists.nongnu.org, managed via Mailman
  • Webpages (at www.gnu.org or www.nongnu.org), managed through CVS.
  • A download area, and its mirrors.