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Project downloads aren't migrated to GitHub #34

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Hi there,

I'm migrating our old support projects for Summer of Code to GitHub and have 
noticed that the downloads aren't being moved across. Arbitrary blobs are being 
retained if they're attached to issues, so our GHOP repo is intact ( 
https://github.com/MatthewWilkes/google-highly-open-participation-plone )

Downloads, however, aren't being added as releases, as I'd expect. For example:

https://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code-2008-plone/downloads/list
https://github.com/MatthewWilkes/google-summer-of-code-2008-plone

Can we get an update to the migrator to handle these old OSPO repositories 
correctly?

Cheers,

Matt Wilkes
(Plone)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mw4...@googlemail.com on 14 Mar 2015 at 7:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
That's a problem for me too.  Even worse, the porting tool DOES NOT LET ME KNOW 
IT DID NOT WORK.  It says:

  "The project google-rec-csp has been successfully exported.

  You can now visit your project on GitHub at: github.com/jeanlucbr/google-rec-csp."

Original comment by jean...@google.com on 16 Mar 2015 at 6:06

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
On the front page of the Google Code-to-GitHub section, albeit in the "fine 
print" section, we do call out that project downloads will not be transferred 
to GitHub. (Though I do not know if that line was there during the initial 
release of the tool or not.)

While it might be possible to convert some Google Code downloads to GitHub 
releases, the two features aren't quite comparable. As my understanding is that 
GitHub releases are tied to a specific commit. Also, I haven't been able to 
track down the max file sizes for GitHub release binaries; but I imagine that 
would be another hurdle for some projects.

Anyways, I'm going to close this as Won't Fix. I'm sorry you were surprised by 
this.

As for alternatives to hosting static files on Google Code, there are many 
comparable services to choose from such as Drop Box or Google Drive.

Original comment by chrsm...@google.com on 24 Apr 2015 at 9:46