Revision of WhyMozdev from Sat, 04/12/2008 - 02:24

As an open-source developer, you have many choices as to where to host your projects. For those familiar with our open-source, off-the-shelf tooling, the administrative learning curve is reduced when starting a new project. For those not familiar with our tooling, your learning experience is reusable across the open-source community in general. Mozdev wants to be your hosting provider for all of your Mozilla-related projects. Here's why we think we're the best choice.

General Services

Mozdev Google Code SourceForge
Forums Yes--Drupal No Yes--homegrown
Mailing Lists Yes--Mailman Yes Yes-homegrown
Newsgroups Yes Yes--Google Groups Yes
Scripting Yes--PHP No Yes--PHP
Databases Yes--MySQL No Yes--MySQL
Bug Reporting Yes--Bugzilla Yes--homegrown Yes--homegrown
Revision Control Yes--CVS and soon Mercurial Yes--Subversion CVS and Subversion
Content Management Yes--Drupal Yes--homegrown No
Code Search Coming Soon (MXR) Yes--homegrown No
Native file uploads Not yet (must go through CVS) No Yes--ssh/scp
Mirror Network Yes No Yes
License Options Any OSI license See list See list
Blog Yes--Drupal No No
Wiki Yes--Drupal Yes Yes-homegrown
News Feed Publishing Yes--Drupal No Yes-homegrown




Mozilla-specific Services

Mozdev Google Code SourceForge
Support for FF3 Secure Updates Yes No No
Update.rdf auto-generation Yes No No
Mozilla-specific community support Yes--mailing lists, newsgroups, and IRC No No
Integration with addons.mozilla.org Soon No No

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