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I think it also needs to be said that GitHub has helped countless open source projects grow- Git Hosting, wiki hosting, issues, GitHub Actions, GitHub Pages, a

by bbkane 3y ago

I think it also needs to be said that GitHub has helped countless open source projects grow- Git Hosting, wiki hosting, issues, GitHub Actions, GitHub Pages, a nice API... There are LOTS of reasons to host your open source project on GitHub

anthk 3y ago
The are more reasons to run away from GH and just set a locally managed SourceHut instance for sanity and interop.
pjmlp 3y ago
Sourceforge used to have similar reasons.
- ApolloFortyNine 3y ago
  And if github truly goes to shit like source forge did people will just move to a clone. But if you look at any source forge repo right now, I think you'll see github as a long way to fall before it gets that bad.
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    The tragedy here is that folks don't learn.
    - arp242 3y ago
      Learn what, exactly? Anything can go sour, including community-run open source stuff. There is never any guarantee for the future about anything.
      - pjmlp 3y ago
        Yet many expect that everything always stay the same, and flock like sheeps to the next one that sells themselves as otherwise.