[Haskell] HaskellForge

[Lemmih]

On 5/17/05, Lemmih <lemmih at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/13/05, Gour <haskell_list at atmarama.org> wrote:
> > Dear Haskellers,
> >
> > I'd like to suggest one idea which is going on in my mind for quite some
> > time...
> >
> > Recently the project where I am offering some help (gtk2hs) had to move
> > part of its web site from SourceForge to haskell.org since SF site has
> > some limits which we were not able to overcome.
> >
> > So, why not form HaskellForge and thereby form powerful Haskell
> > alliance, ie.  common site which can host many/most present Haskell
> > projects offering appropriate web & other (eg. darcs) services?
> >
> > If we take a look on new HCAR, we can see that many Haskell projects are
> > scattered all around, so it would be nice to have them on one place.
> >
> > Ruby (which is not so long around, at least in the Western part) has
> > RubyForge site which at the moment hosts 653 projects with 2159
> > registered users.
> >
> > Then there is also, Ruby Application Archive (RAA) with 1190 projects.
> >
> > Haskell community is a very friendly one and has lot of brain-power on
> > disposal. Why not add some (more) organizational skills to make it even
> > more friendlier place?
> >
> > Any comment?
> 
> I'm currently working on Hackage[1] plus its integration with Cabal,
> and extending it to include SourceForge-like features would definitely
> be desirable. It is, however, a one-man project so don't hold your
> breath.

Correction: I'm the only one who hacks on Hackage. Much of the design
and administration is handled by Isaac Jones (aka SyntaxNinja).
Apologies to anyone who might have contributed somehow without being
credited.

-- 
Friendly,
  Lemmih