Jack Hill
Hi all,
I'm a bit of an outsider here as I'm not involved in GHC development (but I am interested in how it goes). I've struggled with my own desire to avoid using proprietary software like GitHub, and the desire to work with those who favor it, so I am interested in how these competing desires can be addressed.
Would the barrier to entry to a non-GitHub system be reduced by using GitHub for user authentication/accounts (like http://exercism.io/ ), or is knowing how to use other software too much of a barrier (I guess that would depend on the software…)?
To some extent. The size of the barrier posed by an alternate system isn't a discrete quantity and is highly dependent upon one's frame of reference. Many people won't wander from GitHub at all; other won't even register for a GitHub account. People vary widely in their preferences, which is what makes this problem so difficult. Cheers, - Ben