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GitHub is pretty open, I'm not sure what the problem is.

soperj 2y ago
I like it as a code repo, but issues suck, not being able to duplicate an issue is incredibly annoying. You'd think programmers would make that piece easy, but instead you get a shit ton of button pushing.
- astrange 2y ago
  Why do you specifically want to duplicate an issue? I feel like I'd avoid implementing this because I don't want someone to do it to me. (Obviously there's good reasons like creating subtasks.)
- thiht 2y ago
  What's the use case for duplicating an issue? Maybe you want issue templates instead?
  - soperj 2y ago
    to have an issue that is exactly like one you've already created, with all the corresponding labels, milestones and project attributes. If you could create a issue template with all of those then that would be fine, but the issue templates are trash too.
weaksauce 2y ago
and it's not like there is much of a problem moving from github to xyz later if they feel like they need to. this just makes their burden of infrastructure less and reduce friction with all the contributors. of course bugzilla is still the main way to file bugs/submit patches. the overhead on cinnabar was pretty tangible and real for doing any kind of meaningful work on the codebase with git.
jonhohle 2y ago
Historically Mozilla was an enemy of Microsoft, as in Microsoft actively worked to put Netscape out of business and was convicted as an illegal monopoly based on behavior directed at them. There may or may not still be some people involved with the project that harbor resentment or distrust to Microsoft and have little interest in creating an account on one of their services.
- neilv 2y ago
  Not only distrust, but Mozilla would be endorsing GitHub.
  - chris_wot 2y ago
    Microsoft is a very different beast today than what it was decades ago.
    - wakawaka28 2y ago
      Not really... Microsoft still wants to rule the world. The evidence is abundant, and their open source contributions don't change the situation all that much.

I like it as a code repo, but issues suck, not being able to duplicate an issue is incredibly annoying. You'd think programmers would make that piece easy, but instead you get a shit ton of button pushing.

astrange 2y ago
Why do you specifically want to duplicate an issue? I feel like I'd avoid implementing this because I don't want someone to do it to me. (Obviously there's good reasons like creating subtasks.)
thiht 2y ago
What's the use case for duplicating an issue? Maybe you want issue templates instead?
- soperj 2y ago
  to have an issue that is exactly like one you've already created, with all the corresponding labels, milestones and project attributes. If you could create a issue template with all of those then that would be fine, but the issue templates are trash too.

weaksauce 2y ago

and it's not like there is much of a problem moving from github to xyz later if they feel like they need to. this just makes their burden of infrastructure less and reduce friction with all the contributors. of course bugzilla is still the main way to file bugs/submit patches. the overhead on cinnabar was pretty tangible and real for doing any kind of meaningful work on the codebase with git.

jonhohle 2y ago

Historically Mozilla was an enemy of Microsoft, as in Microsoft actively worked to put Netscape out of business and was convicted as an illegal monopoly based on behavior directed at them. There may or may not still be some people involved with the project that harbor resentment or distrust to Microsoft and have little interest in creating an account on one of their services.

neilv 2y ago
Not only distrust, but Mozilla would be endorsing GitHub.
- chris_wot 2y ago
  Microsoft is a very different beast today than what it was decades ago.
  - wakawaka28 2y ago
    Not really... Microsoft still wants to rule the world. The evidence is abundant, and their open source contributions don't change the situation all that much.