The problem is not so much that the source repositories are there, but projects have started using github as a major goto point for their wiki, discussions, and documentation.
This is probably a good example of a product which gets re-defined over time by its users.
I'm amazed it's still down, it was down yesterday. Best wishes to the github guys fixing it.
It seems like I need to expand my github-backup program with the ability to cache and later send issue reports to github. It's nice that I have a backup of all the issues of all the projects I'm likely to want to look at, but would be good to also be able to file bug reports.
It's a pity that distributed bug tracking has never fully taken off, despite some excellent tools like SD. Github is in such a good place to do something about that, as they have one of the most commonly used issue trackers, and are all about leveraging and making easy distributed version control.
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 17.6 ms ] threadWaiting for the green light ... https://status.github.com/
Of course, we can't update some gems if github is down, but we can still deploy patches, and it's pretty trivial to host your own git repository.
This is probably a good example of a product which gets re-defined over time by its users.
It seems like I need to expand my github-backup program with the ability to cache and later send issue reports to github. It's nice that I have a backup of all the issues of all the projects I'm likely to want to look at, but would be good to also be able to file bug reports.
It's a pity that distributed bug tracking has never fully taken off, despite some excellent tools like SD. Github is in such a good place to do something about that, as they have one of the most commonly used issue trackers, and are all about leveraging and making easy distributed version control.