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In this case we realized that the legal base and future plans of SourceForge had become so unclear that we could only recommend to use alternative services.
What alternatives? There are currently *no* integrated alternatives to the sourceforge codebase, are there? I've got a project on savannah, but it's basically sourceforge code and it's still not very good. I've seen some advocacy of Bugzilla/ Bonsai/ Tinderbox, but that seems to be a very DIY offering.
Was this necessary? I believe it was. Could we have found a better way of doing it? Maybe.
I ask again: will FSFE support, even if only by name and deeds, a project like CoopX? I believe it offers the best hope for a smooth transition from the current reality of sourceforge-based sites to the next generation of hosting services.