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[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 4 points 1 day ago

Good so. We need to get repos out of Microsoft's hands.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Don't blame Microsoft/GitHub - it is just U.S. law.

Om first reading, I read "please be nice to Microsoft".

On second reading, I realize it actually says "fuck the US and its idiocracy - blame them".

Subtle, but nice. :)

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 days ago

Still, the US has been overreaching when it comes to jurisdiction for decades already. It's just a risk to rely on American corporations for anything mission critical, especially if you want to run something truly global (like having maps for Iranian/Cuban users or whatever it is the US took issue with this time).

[–] lemon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wonder how easy it is to migrate issues, pipelines, wikis, etc. to a different remote repo provider. Because that’s what comes with what these users are calling for.

GitHub is a blessing and a curse. Open-source has over-centralized on a MSFT-owned platform that has no qualms with vacuuming up code for its AI.

But since most developers like myself are already there, it lowers the barrier to opening issues, starting discussions, and contributing code. I don’t want to have to check notifications on 4+ platforms. I don’t want to have to join some Discord or figure out how to search for messages on Element. (I realize I’m part of the problem.)

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Genuinely. I lost half my traffic when I migrated away from Github.

I'm not a narcissist, but coding for an empty void of an audience just hits a lot different than coding for an appreciate (or angry) mob

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago

Oops "sanctioned country" sorry.

[–] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Only tangentially related, but Organic Maps seems to have two different Mastadon accounts: this one, on mastadon.social, and another at fosstodon.org (with 5 times as many followers). I couldn't seem to tell the difference between them, and they have been posting with overlap previously, but the fosstodon one had their latest toot in December. Anyone know?

[–] lazycog@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Both are linked to from their official page so both are official, which feels a bit redundant.

Edit: links at https://organicmaps.app/ in "Community" section

[–] freamon@preferred.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

PieFed's repo is hosted by Codeberg - it's the right thing to do in many ways, but occasionally it's borderline unusable, and I get the sense that it misses out on potential contributors by not being on GitHub (projects there benefit from the network effect).

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can't wait for GitLab with activitypub support. Probably doesn't solve all problems, but it certainly solves some of them.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn't Codeberg joining the Fediverse?

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

They might be