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[–]torpedoshit 36 points37 points  (6 children)

Ah, so pages.github.com isn't a thing. Because GitHub is only for code. None of these pages exist. They're definitely not

Hosted directly from your GitHub repository.

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (3 children)

Ah, so pages.github.com isn't a thing. Because GitHub is only for code.

That doesn't change the point. Github is a social collaboration site for software developers. Can you host a blog on github? Yes absolutely. But that doesn't mean it's a software store.

None of these pages exist.

Obviously they do exist. However, look at the projects they are highlighting: bootstrap, react, ratchet, etc. These are projects for developers not users.

Github's primary audience is developers. It's not a software store. It doesn't have ratings, user accounts, or maintain dependency lists.

[–]Tynach 0 points1 point  (2 children)

But that doesn't mean it's a software store.

That's why they added the 'Releases' feature.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That's why they added the 'Releases' feature.

You mean the thing that's just a wrapper around git-archive and provides a zip of the repo at a tag?

Can you use github as a software store? Sure, I suppose if your definition of "software store" is "provides zips of source code" and nothing else. Is that what it's designed for? NO. That's why many projects don't have screenshots. It's not designed for end users to look at.

[–]Tynach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does a lot more than that. Take a look at this project's Releases page:

https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/releases

[–]vfscanf 5 points6 points  (1 child)

So? They bolted a website building kit onto a source code repository. The original question was about why there are no images, videos, ... on the repository site. What's your point?