Move source to github?

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I'd just like to float the idea of moving development of pysal to github (or at 
least the code base). AFAIK, the entire scientific Python stack is now on 
github, and it has been the experience of a number of these projects that 
moving to git/github has greatly increased the number of users who are also 
willing to contribute code. IMO, once you get used to git, I think it's also 
much easier to collaborate since git was designed as a decentralized VCS. 

I would be willing to volunteer to help out with the migration. You wouldn't 
lose any history and you could also move the issues to the github issue 
tracker, if you so desire. I actually moved the repo over to github last 
summer, so I could do some hacking on it if you want to see what this would 
look like. The committer names would have to be mapped to your github handles, 
but this should give you an idea.

https://github.com/jseabold/pysal

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jsseab...@gmail.com on 19 Feb 2013 at 3:25

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Thanks for the offer and the nudging. I'm on-board: 
http://pysal.geodacenter.org/1.5/developers/pep/pep-0011.html

as are several other PySAL devs. We are contemplating the move and would 
certainly appreciate the help when we make the move.

Original comment by sjsrey on 19 Feb 2013 at 3:42

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I've been using git/github a lot lately, and the ability to do proper branching 
really does make development less of a pain.  It's early in the new sprint, now 
would be a good time to make this transition.

Original comment by schmi...@gmail.com on 19 Feb 2013 at 3:44

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Ah, great. I had forgotten about the PEPs. I can give it a try soon-ish 
(probably in March), and we can go from there. Should I post to the mailing 
list for any developer information I might need (github handles, etc.)? Unless, 
of course, someone else has already taken the lead on this.

Original comment by jsseab...@gmail.com on 19 Feb 2013 at 3:52

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It is moved, at least the code that is:

https://github.com/sjsrey/pysal

next, i'll move on to migrating the issues over

Original comment by sjsrey on 19 Feb 2013 at 6:25

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Even better. Is this the official repo? You may consider making an organization 
account for pysal, though it's completely up to you, obviously.

Original comment by jsseab...@gmail.com on 19 Feb 2013 at 6:49

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E.g., we have the website under a different repo within the organization and a 
few other goodies. I need to move the tutorial and maybe examples into a repo 
as well.

https://github.com/statsmodels

Original comment by jsseab...@gmail.com on 19 Feb 2013 at 6:50