Nina KalininaMar 16

@SharpCheddarGoblin yep :( well, this is why it is a cautionary tale for maintainers, I suppose.

A disturbing thought: it's not like we can control what GitHub shows us as a "contributor". If one day Microslop decides to consider PRs, comments or issues as "contributions", it might not be even possible to completely defend from having this label - as long as the project is hosted on GH.

やれやれ、this whole thing is such a... Betrayal of the FOSS?

Show threadオチュー (stop colonialism 🇵🇸)Mar 16

@nina_kali_nina @SharpCheddarGoblin
>it might not be even possible to completely defend from having this label - as long as the project is hosted on GH.

I feel like migrating the project to gitlab or self-hosted would solve things (and further IA meddling considering github is their flagship).

Also kinda feels silly to focus on "Claude", how many names will we have to track down some day ? I think we're still not safe from "X was IA all along, got you !"

Show threadNina KalininaMar 16
@otyugh @SharpCheddarGoblin this is why I'm thinking that this whole thing is a massive compromise of trust :(
Moving from GH might be a good thing in theory but in practice it likely will hurt many projects...
Show threadオチュー (stop colonialism 🇵🇸)Mar 16

@nina_kali_nina @SharpCheddarGoblin I'm lacking the knowledge to understand this problem >_<

Aren't we talking about devs ? How is switching git hoster a deal worth mentioning ? Aren't they the apt-est to not be stuck with "big platform" and rely on tools that makes it effortless ?

(I'm a noob-dev since forever and I don't care much about where a project is hosted or moved for one)

Show threadNina Kalinina
@otyugh @SharpCheddarGoblin it's less about existing developers (those will be fine anywhere), and more about project discovery. If the project is hard to find in a web search, it might be a game over
Mar 16 at 10:28amWeb
Show threadオチュー (stop colonialism 🇵🇸)Mar 16
@nina_kali_nina @SharpCheddarGoblin Isn't there strat to mirror an existing project into github ? You just don't take contribution, but are here and visible.
Show threadNina KalininaMar 16
@otyugh @SharpCheddarGoblin it is an option, yes, but I'm not sure if there's a zero-maintenance solution for this
Show threadwyattMar 16
@nina_kali_nina @otyugh @SharpCheddarGoblin i dont care if my software is hard to discover
it'd be nice if it were easy but i also won't make concessions
Show threadxrvsMar 17
@nina_kali_nina @otyugh @SharpCheddarGoblin is that actually what people do? browsing github, looking for projects to contribute to?

what i normally do is to look for their official website or the package details on the distro i install from, which likely has a link to the source code.
Show threadNina KalininaMar 17
@xarvos @SharpCheddarGoblin @otyugh if one is choosing a library or an engine, that's not uncommon, I'd say.