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Stanford Driving Software (2011)

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Their vehicle models are a little amusing: Lamborghini, Porsche, etc.

http://sourceforge.net/p/stanforddriving/code/ci/default/tre...

They are. My guess is that they are images automatically encoded into C++ files so they can compiled and linked with the rest of the software.

Last update was from 2011, looking at the file modification time.

Aha, I was wondering why Sourceforge...

Yes, most people who have used this code in recent years have had to make heavy modifications and fix several bugs to get it working properly. It's mostly really great stuff, but it was written rather hastily.

Wait - was this open sourced _in_ 2011, or last edited then and open sourced only recently? The former doesn't sound right, because I was working in a similar area around that time and would've thought I'd have seen this earlier if it had been publicised.

Ok, we put (2011) in the title.

Wow, this is just what I was looking for. Thanks!

Sourceforge?

Sourceforge?!

Why?

Looks like they used Mercurial.

Someone please convert it to git and put it on GitHub...

You could do it?

and even `git svn`

.. I'm never going back to that

Or Bitbucket...wouldn't even need to convert the repo to git.

With hggit, you can transparently use github from Mercurial.

someone should a build a service that does it - provide a sourceforge url and get back a github url. dont know if it is possible but it would be nice

everytime im on sourceforge i constantly find myself wishing the website would just die

Similarly, a Chrome extension that converts Sourceforge download links to direct download links.

SourceForge was absolutely amazing in 2000. It certainly hasn't kept up with technology, and is a horrible ad-infested mess now, but it (and its failed competitors, like Xnot if I remember the name correctly) played a huge role in promoting and distributing open source and Free software back in the day.

Ah, I remember the days when I lived on Sourceforge and Freshmeat.net...

Me too, but this is not the SourceForge of 2000 anymore.

Oh, I completely agree. I have a project on Sourceforge that I've moved (recently) to Github.

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