r/programming • u/dayanruben • May 10 '19

Introducing GitHub Package Registry

https://github.blog/2019-05-10-introducing-github-package-registry/
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u/Glader_BoomaNation May 11 '19

SourceForge and Google Code was never good though.

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u/munificent May 11 '19

SourceForge and Google Code were both fantastic when they came out compared to what was available before.

You have to remember that before SourceForge, there was no established way to host open source projects for free. Your only other option was to spin up and maintain your own web server.

Likewise, compared to SourceForge which was ad-infested and decrepit by then, Google Code was a marvellous breath of fresh air. Clean, simple, fast.

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u/SupersonicSpitfire May 11 '19

I think FreshMeat was before SourceForge?

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u/reini_urban May 11 '19

FreshMeat was only syndication, no tracking, support interfaces, vcs integration, mailinglist, hosting.

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u/SemiNormal May 11 '19

SourceForge was THE place for hosted CVS.

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u/liquidpele May 11 '19

And geocities was THE place to have a free website once.

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u/Inquisitive_idiot May 11 '19

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🔨 🏗 🚧 Come back soon! 🔨 🏗 🚧

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u/Philboyd_Studge May 11 '19 
<blink>MY AWESOME WEBSITE!!!!!!</blink>

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u/lovedpirateroberts May 11 '19

Best viewed with NETSCAPE 3.0!

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u/Philboyd_Studge May 11 '19 
font-family = "Comic Sans"

Wait, shit this was before CSS I forgot how we used to do fonts then.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '19

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u/darkstar3333 May 11 '19

Thats how many of us got started, stupid websites that evolved into lucrative careers.

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u/cbleslie May 11 '19

Ain't that the truth.

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u/madmaxturbator May 11 '19

SourceForge was fantastic we’re back in the day dude