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The thing that worries me the most is that there is no public mirror of (important) OSS Github projects outside of the US, is there? It is all centralized in on

by tiplus 10y ago

The thing that worries me the most is that there is no public mirror of (important) OSS Github projects outside of the US, is there? It is all centralized in one place under one jurisdiction.

paradite 10y ago
I'm not too concerned about that since git is intrinsically a decentralized model. Even if github is gone, your local repos are still there and there's very little friction to migrate or push source code to other github alternatives.
- adrianN 10y ago
  Only if you use github just as a host for your repository. If you use all the other features it provides, migrating is much more difficult.
  - paradite 10y ago
    I have no experience in this but a quick Google search suggests that it is trivial to migrate GitHub issues to GitLab or JIRA: https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/workflow/importing/import_projects_from_github.html https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/workflow/importing/import_project... https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver071/importing-data-from-github-802592903.html https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver071/importin...
    - sleepychu 10y ago
      Right, the day before they pull your repo because of a spurious DMCA claim, it's trivial.
    - swiley 10y ago
      Sure, but you probably don't have them locally.
      - BuuQu9hu 10y ago
        https://github.com/joeyh/github-backup https://github.com/joeyh/github-backup
    - speeder 10y ago
      I rely right now on GitLab for political reasons. How much in US jurisdiction are they? I do not live in USA and don't want to have anything with that country, specially don't want its long arm of IP law anywhere near me.
      - daxelrod 10y ago
        GitLab Inc is a US corporation: https://about.gitlab.com/2015/07/01/Operating-as-GitLab-Inc/ https://about.gitlab.com/2015/07/01/Operating-as-GitLab-Inc/ You might consider installing your own instance of GitLab hosted in a country that you prefer.
  - BuuQu9hu 10y ago
    https://github.com/joeyh/github-backup https://github.com/joeyh/github-backup
akerro 10y ago
I copy some projects on my own gitlab. Hosted in UK and France, but non of them is public.
BuuQu9hu 10y ago
https://www.softwareheritage.org/ https://www.softwareheritage.org/

by tiplus 10y ago

The thing that worries me the most is that there is no public mirror of (important) OSS Github projects outside of the US, is there? It is all centralized in one place under one jurisdiction.

paradite 10y ago

I'm not too concerned about that since git is intrinsically a decentralized model. Even if github is gone, your local repos are still there and there's very little friction to migrate or push source code to other github alternatives.

adrianN 10y ago
Only if you use github just as a host for your repository. If you use all the other features it provides, migrating is much more difficult.
- paradite 10y ago
  I have no experience in this but a quick Google search suggests that it is trivial to migrate GitHub issues to GitLab or JIRA: https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/workflow/importing/import_projects_from_github.html https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/workflow/importing/import_project... https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver071/importing-data-from-github-802592903.html https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver071/importin...
  - sleepychu 10y ago
    Right, the day before they pull your repo because of a spurious DMCA claim, it's trivial.
  - swiley 10y ago
    Sure, but you probably don't have them locally.
    - BuuQu9hu 10y ago
      https://github.com/joeyh/github-backup https://github.com/joeyh/github-backup
  - speeder 10y ago
    I rely right now on GitLab for political reasons. How much in US jurisdiction are they? I do not live in USA and don't want to have anything with that country, specially don't want its long arm of IP law anywhere near me.
    - daxelrod 10y ago
      GitLab Inc is a US corporation: https://about.gitlab.com/2015/07/01/Operating-as-GitLab-Inc/ https://about.gitlab.com/2015/07/01/Operating-as-GitLab-Inc/ You might consider installing your own instance of GitLab hosted in a country that you prefer.
- BuuQu9hu 10y ago
  https://github.com/joeyh/github-backup https://github.com/joeyh/github-backup

akerro 10y ago

I copy some projects on my own gitlab. Hosted in UK and France, but non of them is public.

BuuQu9hu 10y ago

https://www.softwareheritage.org/ https://www.softwareheritage.org/