Re: Re: GitHub
  By: Nelgin to Tony Langdon on Wed Aug 26 2020 11:45 am

 Ne> I totally agree that versioning systems are not meant for software
 Ne> distribution. Many sysops can barely scape by with Linux and CVS without
 Ne> throwing in the added complication of git. I feel this is going to force
 Ne> throwing in the added complication of git. I feel this is going to force
 Ne> those on the fence about giving up their BBS to go away, or may push
 Ne> others to not bother installing updates any more. I'm likely to be in that
 Ne> crowd. I don't have a lot of time to dedicate to my BBS right now as it
 Ne> is, without having to jump through hoops to update it. 

If you're concerned about accessibility, this is probably a really good move.
It will likely cause some issues for some of the less tech saavy existing base
when it comes to updating, but in terms of anyone new joining the fold it means
sbbs now does things similarily to pretty much ALL other open source projects.

Not to say that there shouldn't perhaps be some thought towards streamlining
updates for the first group... but if you keep your mods in the mod folder, and
setup a non-default shell for all your custom ansi, etc, there shouldn't be a
whole lot overwritten in an update aside from a few settings.
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