Patrick Ohnewein patrick.ohnewein@lugbz.org wrote: [...]
Disadvantage for the projects. A local server has not the visibility as sourceforge.
Maybe not, but one can still list on directory.fsf.org, freshmeat.net and so on. freshmeat is linked from every sourceforge page - it's a bit disappointing that it doesn't offer a link from the search results page.
The installation of gforge is not a simple task, we are now migrating to a new server and it is not just a matter of "apt-get install gforge"...
Are you keeping notes? It would be interesting to read how it progresses and may help the debian gforge packagers improve it.
My tip, if it is possible, don't do it alone, it's a lot of work!
Aye, gforge gives you a lot, but does take some support. I'd probably host my project on simple http+smtp where possible and only then use one of the existing hosting packages, unless I'd got some extra ambition like the publicity for local development.
Best wishes,