I've personally wanted to have the launcher and installer source code on Subversion for a *long* time, it makes things so much easier.
So, I figured, I'd put my money (what little I have) where my mouth is, and as of today, both WinMerge Portable's source and Songbird Portable's source are available from http://padp.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
I'm not intending to include the original app's binaries on SVN, as SVN is no place for binaries. I've made one exception to this rule: sqlite3.exe is available with Songbird Portable as it's so small, and it's not part of Songbird itself.
The use of SVN (and a good issue tracker) will make things a whole lot easier for everyone. For example, if you see a bug in Songbird Portable, I'll file a bug on the project to track it, and you will be more than welcome to submit a patch. Change logs will also be much more accurate, as I can do a svn diff
between two tags, rather than guessing what I fixed.
Additionally, I'll make every attempt to tag each release, so if you want to grab the source for, say, Songbird Portable Pre-Release 1, you will be able to without download the whole installer, etc.
Anyway, it should prove to be a useful experiment, if nothing else. If you've got comments on the process, hit me up here.
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