[ITK-users] [ITK] [ITK-dev] Migration to GitHub

Tue Aug 1 10:27:45 EDT 2017

I don't have much of an opinion on moving ITK to GitHub, but I'd like to
address some things Andras mentioned about GitLab and VTK.

> About GitHub/Kitware GitLab:
>
> I heard that VTK is going to move to GitHub, too. Maybe I misunderstood,
> but make sure to talk to VTK folks before considering moving to GitLab.

I am not aware of any plans to move VTK to GitLab or even any discussion of
doing so.

> Anyway, as a very active user but only occasional contributor of VTK, I
> find VTK GitLab quite frustrating due to that:
> 1. It is slow. I heard that it's fast when accessed from inside Kitware
> network, but most community members are outside.
>

The first few versions were indeed a bit slow, but new updates come out
regularly, and the speed is quite snappy. I use it both from within the
Kitware network and outside the network and haven't noticed a difference.

> 2. I need to re-learn each time I use it: I review code, submit PR or bug
> report once in every few months - and each time I need to spend 20-30
> minutes extra, just to find out how things work.

> Andras
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Community [mailto:community-bounces at itk.org] On Behalf Of Matt
> McCormick
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 7:00 PM
> To: Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
> Cc: Insight-Users <insight-users at itk.org>; Hans Johnson <
> hans-johnson at uiowa.edu>; Insight Developers List <
> insight-developers at public.kitware.com>
> Subject: Re: [ITK] [ITK-dev] [ITK-users] Migration to GitHub
>
> I have followed VTK's migration to GitLab, and Kitware has done an
> excellent job with it. That said, I still think GitHub is the better choice
> for ITK. Also, the technical and social situation has changed in the time
> since VTK moved to GitLab.
>
> I think the key factor is "community", and GitHub has the open source
> community.
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 6:42 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Vtk moved to GitLab.  Have you checked with the Kitware folks to see
> > why they didn't use gitlab?  For me, either github or gitlab is great.
> >
> > On Jul 31, 2017 6:03 PM, "Johnson, Hans J" <hans-johnson at uiowa.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 1000 x +1
> >>
> >> I enthusiastically support this proposal.
> >>
> >> Hans
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/31/17, 4:57 PM, "Insight-users on behalf of Jim Miller"
> >> <insight-users-bounces at itk.org on behalf of millerjv at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>     +1
> >>
> >>     Jim
> >>
> >>     > On Jul 31, 2017, at 5:07 PM, Matt McCormick
> >> <matt.mccormick at kitware.com> wrote:
> >>     >
> >>     > Hi folks,
> >>     >
> >>     > We are considering migration of ITK's software process to
> >> GitHub, and
> >>     > we would like your feedback.
> >>     >
> >>     > As an open-source, community-driven project, mechanisms to
> >> communicate
> >>     > and interact with the community are a high priority for ITK.
> >>     > Contributing should be as easy as possible. Increasingly over
> >> the past
> >>     > many years, GitHub has become the de facto place to interact
> >> for open
> >>     > source development. It is now a hub for:
> >>     >
> >>     >  Microsoft
> >>     >  Facebook
> >>     >  Google
> >>     >  The Scientific Python Community
> >>     >  The 3D Slicer Community
> >>     >
> >>     > Our InsightSoftwareConsortium GitHub organization [1] already has
> 67
> >>     > people in it and 74 repositories. There are hundreds of
> >> projects that
> >>     > depend on ITK on GitHub. Many ITK developers are familiar with the
> >>     > development process on GitHub (i.e the pull request process) and
> >>     > already have an account on this platform. There are also
> >> advantages to
> >>     > linking issues and commits with other projects and repositories.
> >> Since
> >>     > ITK thrives on the open-source development idea, everyone who
> >> wants to
> >>     > help the project should be able to contribute, and therefore it
> >> should
> >>     > be as easy as possible to start participating in the community.
> >>     >
> >>     > Recently, GitHub's code review capabilities have greatly improved,
> >>     > which make it more feasible to coordinate contributions for a
> large
> >>     > project like ITK. And, there are many existing GitHub-integrated
> >>     > services that we can leverage.
> >>     >
> >>     > Thanks to resources from the National Library of Medicine and
> >>     > technological advances, it is now feasible to migrate the
> project's
> >>     > software process to GitHub. There are many infrastructural
> >> aspects to
> >>     > the migration, and it would take multiple months to complete.
> Please
> >>     > let us know your thoughts before we embark on the journey.
> >>     >
> >>     >
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