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I cannot wait for Gitea, Forgejo, and GitLab to start federating with each other via ActivityPub. Then we can all take one more step away from a corporate-contr

I cannot wait for Gitea, Forgejo, and GitLab to start federating with each other via ActivityPub. Then we can all take one more step away from a corporate-controlled internet.

rglullis 3y ago
That would surely be nice and helpful, but why do we need to wait for it? Even my open source projects in github are just mirrors from the "real place" of work: gitlab or my own gitea instance. If github is down, it is a minor inconvenience but I can still work.
dgivney 3y ago
I'm a little confused, Gitlab is a publically traded corporation? https://www.google.com/finance/quote/GTLB:NASDAQ https://www.google.com/finance/quote/GTLB:NASDAQ
- ironmagma 3y ago
  Does that matter if it federates openly? Anyone can.
- WolfeReader 3y ago
  GitLab, Gitea, and Forgejo are applications that can be easily self-hosted. One of those also has a corporation associated with it, but that has minimal effect in this case.
perihelions 3y ago
- 'one more step away from a corporate-controlled internet" Downvote me to grey-world if you like, but I think everyone's crazy to put all their code infrastructure in the hands of fucking Microsoft. Especially literal free open-source software. Who do you think Microsoft is? What do you know of Microsoft's history and their core values (they're "embrace, extinguish & exsanguinate"). It's like giving fucking Sauron safekeeping of your power-rings in Mordor, oh we have great infrastructure for safe ring storage here, very secure, the orcs are really expert guards.
- rsuelzer 3y ago
  But, I like the stock.
  - layer8 3y ago
    Now imagine having your shares managed by a Microsoft bank — maybe in SharePoint. ;)
    - lanstein 3y ago
      We can help find them
    - tanseydavid 3y ago
      They could call it "Microsoft Money" -- oh wait, that's been used already and is now in the graveyard. ps. Sharepoint <shudder>
- BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
  What exactly is the risk? That they'll stop providing the services they sell today? The design of git makes switching to another primary remote very easy (granted, most users probably don't have good habits around backing up data from Issues/Wiki/Releases and risk losing that data if it's taken away suddenly -- but the repo itself is durable and portable on a whim.
  - eviks 3y ago
    > (granted, most users probably don't have good habits around backing up data from Issues/Wiki/Releases and risk losing that data if it's taken away suddenly so it's actually very hard to switch
    - cco 3y ago
      Given how common defaulting on issues is, many maintainers might view this as a feature? Only slightly kidding.
asdff 3y ago
Or just host your own git repo and cut out the dependency entirely.

I cannot wait for Gitea, Forgejo, and GitLab to start federating with each other via ActivityPub. Then we can all take one more step away from a corporate-controlled internet.

rglullis 3y ago

That would surely be nice and helpful, but why do we need to wait for it? Even my open source projects in github are just mirrors from the "real place" of work: gitlab or my own gitea instance. If github is down, it is a minor inconvenience but I can still work.

dgivney 3y ago

I'm a little confused, Gitlab is a publically traded corporation? https://www.google.com/finance/quote/GTLB:NASDAQ https://www.google.com/finance/quote/GTLB:NASDAQ

ironmagma 3y ago
Does that matter if it federates openly? Anyone can.
WolfeReader 3y ago
GitLab, Gitea, and Forgejo are applications that can be easily self-hosted. One of those also has a corporation associated with it, but that has minimal effect in this case.

perihelions 3y ago

- 'one more step away from a corporate-controlled internet" Downvote me to grey-world if you like, but I think everyone's crazy to put all their code infrastructure in the hands of fucking Microsoft. Especially literal free open-source software. Who do you think Microsoft is? What do you know of Microsoft's history and their core values (they're "embrace, extinguish & exsanguinate"). It's like giving fucking Sauron safekeeping of your power-rings in Mordor, oh we have great infrastructure for safe ring storage here, very secure, the orcs are really expert guards.

rsuelzer 3y ago
But, I like the stock.
- layer8 3y ago
  Now imagine having your shares managed by a Microsoft bank — maybe in SharePoint. ;)
  - lanstein 3y ago
    We can help find them
  - tanseydavid 3y ago
    They could call it "Microsoft Money" -- oh wait, that's been used already and is now in the graveyard. ps. Sharepoint <shudder>
BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
What exactly is the risk? That they'll stop providing the services they sell today? The design of git makes switching to another primary remote very easy (granted, most users probably don't have good habits around backing up data from Issues/Wiki/Releases and risk losing that data if it's taken away suddenly -- but the repo itself is durable and portable on a whim.
- eviks 3y ago
  > (granted, most users probably don't have good habits around backing up data from Issues/Wiki/Releases and risk losing that data if it's taken away suddenly so it's actually very hard to switch
  - cco 3y ago
    Given how common defaulting on issues is, many maintainers might view this as a feature? Only slightly kidding.

asdff 3y ago

Or just host your own git repo and cut out the dependency entirely.