I\'m looking to choose open source project hosting site for an F# project using

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I'm looking to choose open source project hosting site for an F# project using SVN. CodePlex is where the .NET community in general and most F# projects are hosted, but I'm worried TFS + SvnBridge is going to give me headaches. So I'm looking elsewhere and seeking advice here. Or if you think CodePlex is still the best choice in my scenario, I'd like to hear that too. So far, Google Code is looking appealing to me. They have a clean interface and true SVN hosting. But there are close to no F# projects currently hosted (it's not even in their search by programming language list), so I'm wondering if there are any notable downsides besides the lack of community I might encounter. If there is yet another option, I'd like to hear that too.

Thanks!

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I'd say it does not matter how many F# projects are hosted at where you choose to be. Hardly anyone will find your project because it is hosted here or there. People will find your project if it is worthwhile (and judging by your answers on stackoverflow, it is) no matter where it is hosted.

If you insist on using SVN (in 2011!?) I'd go for the technically less complex one, i.e. Google Code. The only bug-free code is code that doesn't run. :)

If you are inclined to switch SCM, be prepared to spend a lot of time to grok the concepts. For a few weeks, your head will probably be all in Version Control instead of what you should be thinking of. I'd just like to add that for me, having made the switch to DVCS, any open source project hosted in SVN is an immediate negative bias. Like, WTF? Don't they know? :)

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