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Debian's Own SourceForge

Posted by timothy on from the join-us-now-and-free-the-software dept.

rescdsk writes "Raphael Hertzog recently announced Alioth, a SourceForge installation dedicated for Debian use. All developers automatically have accounts, though anyone may get an account. Quoting the front page, the purpose of Alioth is multiple: to provide facilities to free software projects supported by Debian developers, to make it easier for non-Debian developers to contribute to projects initiated by Debian, and to support projects whose goal is to promote Debian or one of its derivatives. Go peer with great wonder!"

4 of 132 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Cool! by jakim · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hi!

    Looks really clear you never used sourceforge...
    Let me guess, RedHat User ? :)

  2. Re:Nerd shit: origins of the name Alioth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    For what it's worth, you attempted karma-whoring troll, this is from the announcement

    Why "Alioth"?
    -------------

    Well, we had to pick a name. Lots of names were suggested, most of
    which were references to movies, books, cartoons or whatever. These
    references were not necessarily understood by people from all over the
    world (not everywhere can you watch the Simpsons or Goldorak on TV),
    and the names had not much significance apart from these references.
    The Alioth name was primarily chosen as a reference too, but this one
    is less bound to geographical origin of the users: it's the capital
    system for the Alliance of Independent Systems in the Frontier First
    Encounters game. I'm not saying everyone here played this game, but
    it's more likely that you have at least heard of it, whereas you
    probably have no clue who Actarus is unless you're French, male, and
    23 to 30 years old. Oh, and as a bonus, Alioth is a real star, in the
    constellation of Ursa Major (as any Google search will tell you).

    So while you are right in it being a star, you're WRONG, ASSHOLE, in the star being the reason for the name.

  3. but does this mean... by d_i_r_t_y · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...that debian might get its act together and get even remotely up to date?

  4. Great, another place to keep mp3z! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Just like sourceforge and savannah, a million projects with a K3wl homepage, no actual code, and the occasional file repository that's a place for mp3 trading! I can't wait.