> On Nov 30, 2014, at 6:18 AM, Ben Finney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Donald Stufft <[email protected]> writes: > >> I think there is a big difference here between using a closed source >> VCS or compiler and using a closed source code host. Namely in that >> the protocol is defined by git so switching from one host to another >> is easy. > > GitHub deliberately encourages proprietary features that create valuable > data that cannot be exported — the proprietary GitHub-specific pull > requests being a prime example.
Once a Pull Request is merged there is little benefit to the PR itself, however if you want the diff you can create a .patch file by appending .diff or .patch to the end of the PR URL. > > So it is only true to say one can export the data to a different host if > one entirely abandons all those features which create GitHub-proprietary > data. That’s not true at all. There is an API that allows you to access *all* of the data that is stored there. Allowing you to replicate it to whatever system you wish. > > If you want to re-write the PEP to be clear you are only talking about > the repository hosting of GitHub, and *not* any of its extra features > that make it so attractive to use their proprietary service, I'd be > interested to see that. > > On the other hand, if you want to promote those proprietary features as > part of the PEP, then it is disingenuous to claim the data can be easily > exported to a different host. > > -- > \ "Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up." | > `\ —elevator, Leipzig | > _o__) | > Ben Finney > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/donald%40stufft.io --- Donald Stufft PGP: 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com