Max Xaine2d ago
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

RE: https://metalhead.club/@thomas/116301990188175266

2010: Let's make GitHub the new SourceForge! The default place for FLOSS code.  

2026: Let's make GitHub the new SourceForge! The awkward outdated cringe code hosting has-been.  

(but this time, ideally, we end up with many federated forges, one could hope!)

#FLOSS

Mar 27 at 4:42pmWeb
Show threadStéphane Bortzmeyer2d ago
@rysiek I read it as "move everything to Codeberg so we do the same error of centralizing everything, once more"
Show threadjon r2d ago
@bortzmeyer
I remember a story about some Forge, jo, and they wanted to federate.
Even GitLab reopened their ActivityPub issue, but progress is slow and the actual need for ForgeFed-edarion seems to be not so pressing, after all?
@rysiek
Show threadStéphane Bortzmeyer2d ago
@yala @rysiek All my code is at Framagit and by far rhe most common complain I hear from people who wanted to contribute (bug report, pull requests, etc) is "I don't want to create yet another account and to have to use yet another forge".
So, yes, federation is very important.
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦2d ago
@bortzmeyer @yala 💯
Show threadCharly Coste 🇫🇷2d ago
@bortzmeyer @yala @rysiek Worse than having to create an account on some random GitLab instance is being asked to do it again because the one you had was deleted for not being used often enough.
Show threadÉric2d ago
@bortzmeyer
I know of two projects working on a federated git repos solution, one of them is @radicle.
Not tested though.
@yala @rysiek
Show threadBoris Marinov2d ago

@yala
I wanted to contribute to #garage S3 and they self host a forgejoe. It was a bit annoying having to create an account. It probably cost me two days before I opened an issue and my PR. It is just friction we need to solve.
@bortzmeyer @rysiek

Wrt codeberg and forgejoe, I'm wondering how actual development and independent feature contributions are compared to gitea.

Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦2d ago
@bortzmeyer that's another thing. Yes, we should absolutely avoid making the same mistake.
Show threadowls2d ago
@rysiek it's a matter of time until the downloads on the releases page have a 15-second interstitial shilling Copilot for Business
Show threadThereverend42532d ago
@rysiek Self hosting is the only way forward nowadays. I always said it's a stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid idea to host anything like own repos in online service. You will never be able to guarantee it wont go the way of github. Same with cloud, helped quite a few small and medium businesses move away from cloud hosting after MS jacked up prices. AI is just another fecking helping of shite on top of that mess.
Show threadLC Wanderlust2d ago
@rysiek but also "let's donate to @codeberg when we move there, because servers don't run on thoughts and prayers" 💶
Show threadJens Finkhäuser2d ago
@rysiek I think of it as "enshittifying themselves into oblivion"
Show threadtechnomancy2d ago
@rysiek it's for real https://sou.rceforge.net/github/copilot-cli
SourceForge: copilot-cli

The world's largest development and download repository of Open Source code and applications

Show threadCarlos Solís2d ago
One of the reasons why I went POSSE with my codebase - hosting in my own server, and using Codeberg and GitHub as my backups. I'm starting to reconsider the latter, of course...