As a few people have pointed out the code repository was down the last few days this was a big bummer. This happened because ucsc’s engineering did a migration to Gforge Advanced Server and there was some downtime in between. But now it should all be working with a new the new & updated code management system.The new metavid code repository can be accessed here.

Also we have updated the links If you find a dforge link let us know, also if you previously had a developer account on dforge you will need to recreate it to re-join the metavid development.

Our apologies for the downtime.

I’m very pleased to announce that Metavid has been awarded a grant by Sunlight Foundation. This grant will fund full-time development on this project for a year in addition to expansion of hardware infrastructure. We’re very excited about what this means for the project: more stability, new features and better accessibility.

We’re happy to continue our cooperation with Sunlight, whose mission is, “to use the transformative power of the Internet and new information technology to enable citizens to learn more about what Congress and their elected representatives are doing, and thus help reduce corruption, ensure greater transparence and accountability by government, and foster public trust in the vital institutions of democracy.”

Watch this space for announcements of what we are (and will soon be) implementing.

Update: Also see UCSC coverage of the announcement