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Even FOSS-based development depends on walled gardens, it is evident every time when GitHub is down.
by imhoguy 1y ago
Even FOSS-based development depends on walled gardens, it is evident every time when GitHub is down.
- zelphirkalt 1y agoSensibly hosted FOSS doesn't go to GitHub for hosting though. There are other options for people who care. I personally like Codeberg.
- neop1x 1y agoIMO Github doesn't matter for FOSS because you have a lot of local clones, it won't disappear forever if Github goes down or deletes the repo there. Self-hosted alts are not 100% up either. And I actually find collaboration functions / easy PR contribution on Github highly beneficial. At the same time I hate the friction of all those private Gitlabs, Giteas or, God forbid, gitweb.
- skydhash 1y ago> And I actually find collaboration functions / easy PR contribution on Github highly beneficial. At the same time I hate the friction of all those private Gitlabs, Giteas or, God forbid, gitweb. FOSS is more about: 1. Finding some software you can use for your problem 2. Have an issue for your particular use case 3. Download the code and fix the issue. 4. Cleanup the patch and send a proposal to the maintainer. PR is easy, but email is ok. You can even use a pastebin service and post it on a forum (suckless does that in part). 5. The maintainer merges the patch and you can revert to the official version, or they don't and you decides to go with your fork.