MClare4d ago

Have any big Python packages moved off of Github given the general wtfery going on there?

I’m considering moving my package elsewhere and I think the only thing I would miss would be the nice CI workflow for publishing to PyPI, unless that is also portable?

#python #pypi #pythonpackage

Show threadAjinkya Dahale4d ago
@mclare Is this "general wtfery" a recent development (like within the last month)?
Show threadMClare
@ajinkyapdahale I would characterize it as general wtfery based on them being at 0 nines,the we are going to feed stuff to AI if you’ve interacted with copilot at all, and the we are going to add ads to your PRs (though they did walk that one back).
Apr 5 at 12:40amWeb
Show threadMClare4d ago
@ajinkyapdahale also I’m starting to get AI generated PRs I don’t want to deal with and I think that’s less likely on a different platform.
Show threadAjinkya Dahale4d ago
@mclare not sure of that, unless you choose something like obscuresite.mclare or such.
Show threadAjinkya Dahale4d ago

@mclare the "Nines" thing seems to be a new academic term being appropriated by normies (which I'm part of in this case}.

Also WTF with ads in PR!? Please tell me that was on April 1, or someone jumping the gun on it.

Show threadMClare4d ago

@ajinkyapdahale alas, it was not a joke. It only impacted PRs that interacted with copilot, but still

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/github_copilot_ads_pull_requests

GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash

Updated: Letting Copilot alter others' PRs was the wrong judgment call, says product manager

The Register
Show threadAjinkya Dahale4d ago
@mclare wow. That word soup at the end...
Show threadHugo van Kemenade3d ago

@ajinkyapdahale @mclare

"Nines", for example, "five nines", has been used in tech for availability for decades. 1998:

> Currently, the standard for voice networks is "five nines of reliability" -- that's 99.9999% [sic] uptime. But private data networks are only about 94% reliable, carrier data networks are about 91% reliable and the public Internet is only about 61% reliable.

https://groups.google.com/g/schl.news.edupage/c/l4rCanoPDuw/m/aML0KHQddeUJ

Edupage, 23 April 1998