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GForge 4.0 Released

Posted by timothy on from the connecting-pieces dept.

jaaron writes "Ever wanted your own personal SourceForge? If so, then be sure to check out GForge which just released version 4.0. GForge is a fork of the original GPL'd SourceForge code and like sf.net provides forums, mailing lists, revision control via CVS or Subversion (yes, Subversion!), issue trackers and much more for any number of teams and projects."

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  1. Useful Only Once? by Rie+Beam · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sometimes, I think some things really don't need to have a large public offering such as this. Don't get me wrong - I think it's great that someone is doing this. I just think that, really now, who, other than huge developers who most likely have something similar to this, is really going to use this?

    "Yes! My own SourceForge! Add Project! Please Wait For Authentication! I Approve...Myself!"

    1. Re:Useful Only Once? by jaaron · · Score: 4, Informative

      I just think that, really now, who, other than huge developers who most likely have something similar to this, is really going to use this?

      We use it internally at my work as do many other companies from what I understand. It's great for handling internal customer requests and project tracking. In fact, if I had my way, GForge would be the core of our entire intranet.

      So yeah, most single developers may not set this up on their home network, but as soon as you have a team (even a small team), it's a really great tool.

      Check out this list of GForge powered sites.

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      Who said Freedom was Fair?
    2. Re:Useful Only Once? by Joff_NZ · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I wish I had mod points right now, but instead, I'll add a 'me too'. We're currently running GForge internally - and although i'm the only developer, it helps me keep track of a number of projects, from documentation, to bug tracking to coding tasks. Plus it lets my manager easily see what kind of progress i'm making.

      We've been using subversion for revision control, so the CVS module was useless to us, but now that this is included, I think we'll be moving to GForge 4 pretty soon.

      The other thing, is that installing GForge is a snap. I tried to install SourceForge a couple of years ago, and it was a complete nightmare - everything was hardcoded and obfusticated - I guess so SF can sell support to people wanting to install their own one.

      GForge wins.

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    3. Re:Useful Only Once? by jaaron · · Score: 2, Informative

      I have not evaluated the new enterprise version of SourceForge, so it's hard for me to compare.

      Setting up GForge isn't a cakewalk, but it's not horrible either. If you're going to run it on Debian Linux, then it's very simple. Otherwise, you just have to follow the directions and give yourself a couple of hours. A lot of it depends on how many options are you going to use. Will you use Subversion? Mailing Lists? LDAP? Adding these components will increase the install time.

      Most all the developers like GForge, but it took us a while to figure out exactly how we were going to use it. One concern we had was cross-project reporting, that is, developing reports that span several GForge projects. There are new default reports in 4.0 that do this and once you figure out the database schema it's pretty easy to add whatever else you need.

      Manager buy-in has been fine since GForge is years ahead of what we were using (which was next to nothing) and cost us next to nothing. However, we didn't get professional support from the GForge Group though I wish we had. Their prices were very reasonable, could do all sorts of customizations, and could have saved us (me) some time.

      So, in conclusion, I definitely recommend you check out GForge and contact the GForge Group. I imagine they can do better than what SourceForge is offering.

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      Who said Freedom was Fair?
  2. Useful for its parts by abulafia · · Score: 2, Informative
    You're right, to an extent. Few folks are actually going to deploy the reference release.

    I've used parts of prior releases, though - there are handy things there, and it saved me a hell of a lot of work.

    The conjunction of the features are terribly useful in many specialized settings, and not having to either ingregrate a bunch of different crap or rebuild it is great. I suspect this is how most people use it.

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  3. Re:Do we need it? by cranos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Umm GForge is a fork of the old source forge code, they haven't touched CVS or subversion.

    GForge is a project management system. The reason it was forked was because VA took the Source Forge code base closed source in order to try and make a buck.

  4. Re:Do we need it? by andrew_j_w · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sourceforge took their code closed source so there was no choice but to fork the code otherwise no open development could take place.

    If you want use the offical sourceforge code then you must pay for it, otherwise you use GForge. Don't confuse the Sourceforge site with the Sourceforge code. Gforge is used to create your own version of the sourceforge site.