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I've never seen an open source project survive hosting on gitlab. It is on its own island.
by say_it_as_it_is 3y ago
I've never seen an open source project survive hosting on gitlab. It is on its own island.
- ngc6677 3y agoMaybe sadly true, the social network effect. But through distribution (packages etc.), that can be very untrue, and anyways people who really want to meaningfully contribute will find their ways (and probably understand the benefits of free/open-software).
- prmoustache 3y agoThere are comparatively a lot less than github but they do exist. Some examples of successful project using gitlab.com: Wireshark, QEMU, Inkscape, F-Droid, Aurora, Commento, Kicad, Remmina, tortoise-git...
- hosh 3y agoHopefully, Veilid can help solve the “on its own little island” effect of a decentralized platform.