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Yea, there's a real lack of information in Github's response. I hope we get something more complete. But really, if your project is mature enough and you have

Yea, there's a real lack of information in Github's response. I hope we get something more complete. But really, if your project is mature enough and you have the bandwidth, just host it yourself. Gogs, Gitlab, cgit .. lots of FOSS implementations to choose from.

40four 7y ago
I agree. This is the second story list this we have seen come across the front page of HN this week. I'm glad they sorted it out quickly, but it is almost certainly a result of Mr. Eisenberg's high profile. We saw another story like this come across the front page this week. The author is less well known (also happens to reside in Russia), and claimed that he had trouble even getting an e-mail response from the given support pathways for appeal. Sounds like it eventually got sorted out, but not without much waiting and effort from the maintainer. So when GitHub CEO Mr. Friedman jumps in and pats himself on the back for getting this account restored in less than an hour, I can only roll my eyes. To try to sell it like this is an 'average' response to these type of appeals is a little disingenuous. If I were starting a company today, I would absolutely self-host my repository to guarantee my business is never harmed by some automated flag that could total lock me out of my own work. We use GitLab Community Edition at my company. It is fantastic, and we are in full control.
- marcinkuzminski 7y ago
  Here at RhodeCode we strongly believe in self-hosting, this is why we started as an on-premise product for source code management. You should check out RhodeCode too for self-hosting your own code, with extra security features to make sure it's well protected
  - L3viathan 7y ago
    What benefits does it provide over self-hosting gitlab or gitea?
rossmohax 7y ago
Some projects enjoy increase in contributions once they move to Github. I think it was either CPython or Erlang which mentioned this effect.

40four 7y ago

I agree. This is the second story list this we have seen come across the front page of HN this week. I'm glad they sorted it out quickly, but it is almost certainly a result of Mr. Eisenberg's high profile. We saw another story like this come across the front page this week. The author is less well known (also happens to reside in Russia), and claimed that he had trouble even getting an e-mail response from the given support pathways for appeal. Sounds like it eventually got sorted out, but not without much waiting and effort from the maintainer. So when GitHub CEO Mr. Friedman jumps in and pats himself on the back for getting this account restored in less than an hour, I can only roll my eyes. To try to sell it like this is an 'average' response to these type of appeals is a little disingenuous. If I were starting a company today, I would absolutely self-host my repository to guarantee my business is never harmed by some automated flag that could total lock me out of my own work. We use GitLab Community Edition at my company. It is fantastic, and we are in full control.

marcinkuzminski 7y ago
Here at RhodeCode we strongly believe in self-hosting, this is why we started as an on-premise product for source code management. You should check out RhodeCode too for self-hosting your own code, with extra security features to make sure it's well protected
- L3viathan 7y ago
  What benefits does it provide over self-hosting gitlab or gitea?

rossmohax 7y ago

Some projects enjoy increase in contributions once they move to Github. I think it was either CPython or Erlang which mentioned this effect.