[Project_owners] Google Code or Mozdev?

[Will Moffat]

Dear Brian, (and Chris)

Thanks for responding so quickly.

>  It is very easy to turn off Mozdev branding and put whatever layout and
>...
>  Does G.Code allow for such deep customisation?

No, Mozdev is much more flexible, but it seems that most projects
don't take advantage of this. Running down the top-50 projects I find
many of the homepages confusing at first glance. (Which links are
project links and which are mozdev links?)


>  BZ is a logical choice for us because of the Mozilla link. Many project
>  owners provide alternative avenues for feedback and bug reporting, but
>  in general BZ works well for many.

I totally agree. I just wanted to raise the point that it's a
developer tool not an end-user tool for collecting reports.

>  > * SVN
>  I am not sure about a few weeks, but it is the #1 priority right now.

Great!

>  I think if you look closer, you will find a lot of other features on
>  Mozdev. For example, there is a Drupal installation with a wiki, forums,
>  and other features that are available to all project owners.

That's cool, although G.Code has a wiki and I find G.Groups works well
as a forum.

>  And the project stats page that is in the works will provide a lot of
>  useful information. See:
>  http://www.mozdev.org/drupal/blog/Project-overview-page

Very cool. That will really make the project pages more attractive.

Aside from SVN and Secure Updates, I think the choice comes down to
the desired level of customisation. With G.Code you can get a project
up and running very quickly whereas Mozdev requires more configuration
but is correspondingly more powerful.

regards,
--Will