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Re: git-scm.com

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PBPieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl>
Date
Jul 28, 2008, 22:39 UTC
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On 28 jul 2008, at 23:42, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Tom Werner wrote:
>>
>>> I find it a bit confusing that some here seem to have a strong  
>>> dislike
>>> for GitHub. It's true that we haven't been active on the developer  
>>> list
>>> or in the #git channel on freenode, but we are constantly in  
>>> #github and
>>> have answered a *great* many questions from developers that are  
>>> new to
>>> git.
>>
>> Speaking for myself, I will probably direct some users from #git to
>> #github, then.
>
> I saw more than several times that people asked github specific  
> questions
> on #git; when they were lucky, there was somebody who knew github  
> and they
> got necessary help.  Otherwise the answer was "eh, sorry, that's a  
> closed
> service and we cannot help diagnosing the problem you are having".  It
> would have been the right way to help them to refer to the #github  
> support
> channel.

For what it's worth, I regularly redirect people from #git to #github, so at least they aren't always left in the dark ;)

- Pieter
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  2. Sverre RabbelierJul 25, 2008
  3. Scott ChaconJul 25, 2008
  4. Johan HerlandJul 25, 2008
  5. Scott ChaconJul 25, 2008
  6. Stephan BeyerJul 25, 2008
  7. Scott ChaconJul 25, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2008
  9. Scott ChaconJul 26, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2008
  11. Peter Valdemar Mørch (Lists)Jul 27, 2008
  12. Petr BaudisJul 27, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2008
  15. Martin LanghoffJul 27, 2008
  16. Tom WernerJul 28, 2008
  17. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2008
  18. Tom WernerJul 28, 2008
  19. Jon LoeligerJul 31, 2008
  20. Kevin BallardJul 31, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2008
  22. Martin LanghoffJul 28, 2008
  23. Pieter de BieJul 28, 2008
  24. Shawn O. PearceJul 29, 2008
  25. Patrick AljordJul 26, 2008
  26. Scott ChaconJul 26, 2008
  27. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2008
  28. david@lang.hmJul 26, 2008
  29. Scott ChaconJul 26, 2008
  30. Patrick AljordJul 26, 2008
  31. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2008
  32. david@lang.hmJul 26, 2008
  33. Wincent ColaiutaJul 26, 2008
  34. Scott ChaconJul 26, 2008
  35. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2008
  36. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2008
  37. Official Git Homepage change? Re: git-scm.comPetr Baudis, Jul 26, 2008
  38. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2008
  39. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2008
  40. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2008
  41. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2008
  42. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2008
  43. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2008
  44. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2008
  45. Thomas AdamJul 26, 2008
  46. Petr BaudisJul 27, 2008
  47. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2008
  48. Sverre RabbelierJul 27, 2008
  49. Scott ChaconJul 26, 2008
  50. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2008
  51. Scott ChaconJul 26, 2008
  52. Sverre RabbelierJul 26, 2008
  53. Rene HermanJul 26, 2008
  54. Jakub NarebskiJul 26, 2008
  55. Scott ChaconJul 26, 2008
  56. Jakub NarebskiJul 26, 2008
  57. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2008
  58. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2008
  59. Jakub NarebskiJul 26, 2008
  60. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2008
  61. Jonas FonsecaAug 3, 2008
  62. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2008
  63. Petr BaudisJul 27, 2008
  64. Scott ChaconJul 26, 2008
  65. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2008
  66. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2008
  67. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2008
  68. Stephan BeyerJul 26, 2008
  69. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2008
  70. Scott ChaconJul 26, 2008
  71. Martin LanghoffJul 26, 2008
  72. Jakub NarebskiJul 26, 2008
  73. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2008
  74. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2008
  75. Scott ChaconJul 26, 2008
  76. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2008
  77. Scott ChaconJul 26, 2008

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