How to distribute and administer opensource-projects?

Question

There are a lot of websites offering free hosting of opensource projects with bug tracker, version control, discussion boards, ...:

• Codeplex
• Sourceforge
• Codeproject
• Google Code
• ...?

How would you administer and develop your own projects? When choosing one of those sites what benefits can you get from it? Is it even better to host it on your own?

Addendum: It's not a question for a specific project but rather what your criteria are when you are spoilt for choice. I'm just curious what other developer are saying.

Answer 1

I personally would prefer sourceforge since it is a lot more configurable and elaborate. For example, people can search by program maturity, etc. It supports both CVS and SVN.

Google code project hosting is simpler and also offers you a Wiki. However, I am not sure if it supports CVS in addition to SVN, and in my opinion it is a little simplistic.

Answer 2

What are your needs?
Do you need a specific type of version control (will you be happy with what they give you, or must you demand Obscure Satellite Powered Version Control System?)
How do their bug trackers differ, can you live with them?

It might help to know what you want from the site exactly.