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by carussell 4010 days ago
Contradictory signals in your rationale here. It comes off as if you're filling in a post-hoc justification.

Is it just an archive or isn't it? If it is, what's so important about the community, then?

It's fine that you chose what you did, of course. It's just that that in your defending it, you can't seem to decide whether you want to have your cake or eat it.

If you wanted, this would have been a perfectly fine reason to give: "We went with GitHub because it's just what we use mostly, and other stuff not so much."

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Who fucking cares? He's having it both ways and you can't stop it? Your tone is offensive. Relax.
You're very confused. I don't work with the Archive Team, I was offering my experience regarding our project's move move from Sourceforge to Github and why GGGGGGGGP's (or something...) comment was way off base.
I originally wrote my comment[1] allowing for the idea that you were an uninvolved bystander, until a reread of your comment strongly suggested that you were part of the project being discussed. I suppose I got confused when you began talking about "we" and "our project".

1. The meat of which remains: if it's just an archive and the host is only being used as dumb storage, how is the "community" aspect of it a plus?

You're right, I shouldn't have used "We" in the original reply. This was my bad - my english still has rough edges.