A statement from Sonatype on this:

First, I’d like to address some misinformation. The use of Github itself was never an issue. It was how the original movement of the sources to Github was executed, and why, that created tension. Github is just a tool and it is a better choice for source control, at least in the short term, for several reasons:

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We proposed using Github on the Hudson list, and in short order agreement was reached and the move was initiated. Winston did the infrastructure work last night to push the sources for Hudson over to Github. It was really that Simple. It’s amazing how smoothly things go when you clearly communicate your intentions to all stakeholders. We hope to keep improving the infrastructure for Hudson so if you’re interested please join the Hudson Dev list!

http://www.sonatype.com/people/2011/02/hudson-moves-to-githu...

This guy seems incapable of making a statement about the Oracle Hudson without taking potshots at it's creators and former leaders.

FWIW, we have followed along this move at Etsy, where we've been using this CI server for many months now.

We started out with Hudson, but after observing the unethical shenanigans from Oracle (particularly the erasure of the author's contributions from their wiki), we moved to Jenkins.

This is ridiculous. Oracle and Sonatype are just trying to confuse the users into downloading the old and undeveloped hudson by moving to github. From my perspective this is a childish and immature move by both companies.

How Ironic indeed.

Oracle insist that the hosting must be on java.net. Sonatype state that it's 'standard practice' to host on a 'blessed' repository.

Short memories indeed.

Is this simply a move to sow seeds of confusion or point to something more fundamentally wrong with java.net?

I visited java.net recently to find out more about the Java Advanced Imaging project (which I discovered has some issues) but after seeing page after page of locked projects it will be a long time before I return, if ever.

Wow, the bad press really got to Oracle. I'm impressed. Anyway, they have proven to be unreliable and have shown a very dangerous view of Open Source.

I hope this turns out well for the original contributors, but I'm afraid that months from now "the regular folk" will have forgotten this quarrel and chose the proven name Hudson over Jenkins. I will do my best to prevent this in my wider network.

If there was a way to down-vote a project on Github, I'd down-vote Hudson into oblivion. Just let it go Oracle, you lost. Stop being like the kid that pulls the girl's ponytail because she called you a fatty. You are a fatty.

What a mess. It's really too bad that Oracle seems to be fouling up every aspect of their relationship to the Java community. I am truly worried about the fate of JVM libraries and languages.

Will the SHA-1s match up and will it be easy to pull from one into the other?

If anyone's looking for an alternative (yes, an expensive one), I've been extremely happy with Atlassian's Bamboo CI tool for a couple years now.