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I am moving my stuff to a self-hosted GitLab. If you are interested in knowing why: - I personally find it a little bit irritating that Github wants to promot

by r0naa 11y ago

I am moving my stuff to a self-hosted GitLab. If you are interested in knowing why: - I personally find it a little bit irritating that Github wants to promote "open-source/free-software", but haven't open sourced their own tools/product. - I was disappointed by the way Github handled some internal problems - I don't trust Github anymore; I want to be in control of my data.

krupan 11y ago
"they/them" refers to someone other than gitlab?
- r0naa 11y ago
  Thank you for pointing that out! they was referring to Github.
- spike021 11y ago
  Sounds like they're referring to GitHub.
exstudent2 11y ago
I also just canceled my Github subscription and moved all of my private repos to a self-hosted GitLab. I did this because I was very unhappy with the politics that GitHub recently decided it wanted to push. The funny thing though, having my private repos on my own server just FEELS nice. I have total control over my projects. I wasn't worried about anyone "snooping" on them but there's a subtle psychological change when you know your code is on your sever and no one other than you has admin access. I moved for political reasons, but found the intangible benefits of being the "master of my domain" were a great unintended side-effect.
- MichaelGG 11y ago
  Don't sell this position short as a mere "political reason". Github has decided that rationality and critical thinking take a back seat. This is a vastly damaging attitude that hurts the world. Providing any encouragement to unclear thinking is a vile thing to do. This is far worse than environmentally unfriendly attitudes; it's far more important than even open source.
  - exstudent2 11y ago
    I agree that Github's positions are ultimately negative beyond the scope of the company and product itself. Ironically the GitLab CEO has also injected politics where it didn't belong. Thus is the power of open source, even though I don't agree with GitLab Inc's politics, I can take the code base and host it myself.
    - sytse 11y ago
      Where do you feel I injected politics where it didn't belong? I want to understand where you're coming from.
      - exstudent2 11y ago
        https://archive.is/d1Sd7 https://archive.is/d1Sd7 You should not have got involved in this as a company. I want to support you and do self-host GitLab but because of this I won't be a customer.
        MichaelGG 11y ago
        That's really disappointing and something I'll be watching for a proper resolution. Gitlab appears to be getting involved with how people seek anonymity on Twitter, which is just odd.
        sytse 11y ago
        Thanks for posting the link to the Gamergate conversation, I understand where you are coming from now.
        exstudent2 11y ago
        So you stand by your decision to remove a repo for political reasons?
        sytse 11y ago
hk__2 11y ago
> I personally find it a little bit irritating that Github wants to promote "open-source/free-software", but haven't open sourced their own tools/product. They have 100+ open-source repos: https://github.com/github https://github.com/github They also contribute a lot back to Git.
- r0naa 11y ago
  I take that back then, I was misinformed

by r0naa 11y ago

krupan 11y ago

"they/them" refers to someone other than gitlab?

r0naa 11y ago
Thank you for pointing that out! they was referring to Github.
spike021 11y ago
Sounds like they're referring to GitHub.

exstudent2 11y ago

I also just canceled my Github subscription and moved all of my private repos to a self-hosted GitLab. I did this because I was very unhappy with the politics that GitHub recently decided it wanted to push. The funny thing though, having my private repos on my own server just FEELS nice. I have total control over my projects. I wasn't worried about anyone "snooping" on them but there's a subtle psychological change when you know your code is on your sever and no one other than you has admin access. I moved for political reasons, but found the intangible benefits of being the "master of my domain" were a great unintended side-effect.

MichaelGG 11y ago
Don't sell this position short as a mere "political reason". Github has decided that rationality and critical thinking take a back seat. This is a vastly damaging attitude that hurts the world. Providing any encouragement to unclear thinking is a vile thing to do. This is far worse than environmentally unfriendly attitudes; it's far more important than even open source.
- exstudent2 11y ago
  I agree that Github's positions are ultimately negative beyond the scope of the company and product itself. Ironically the GitLab CEO has also injected politics where it didn't belong. Thus is the power of open source, even though I don't agree with GitLab Inc's politics, I can take the code base and host it myself.
  - sytse 11y ago
    Where do you feel I injected politics where it didn't belong? I want to understand where you're coming from.
    - exstudent2 11y ago
      https://archive.is/d1Sd7 https://archive.is/d1Sd7 You should not have got involved in this as a company. I want to support you and do self-host GitLab but because of this I won't be a customer.
      - MichaelGG 11y ago
        That's really disappointing and something I'll be watching for a proper resolution. Gitlab appears to be getting involved with how people seek anonymity on Twitter, which is just odd.
      - sytse 11y ago
        Thanks for posting the link to the Gamergate conversation, I understand where you are coming from now.
        exstudent2 11y ago
        So you stand by your decision to remove a repo for political reasons?
        sytse 11y ago

hk__2 11y ago

> I personally find it a little bit irritating that Github wants to promote "open-source/free-software", but haven't open sourced their own tools/product. They have 100+ open-source repos: https://github.com/github https://github.com/github They also contribute a lot back to Git.

r0naa 11y ago
I take that back then, I was misinformed