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Re: Dear GitHub

#51

Post by deathanatos »

This, I feel, is the most important bug, even though it precedes the list:

> We’ve gone through the only support channel that you have given us either to receive an empty response or even no response at all. We have no visibility into what has happened with our requests, or whether GitHub is working on them.

I'd like to call out that the GitHub user @isaacs maintains an unofficial repository[1] where the issues are "Issues for GitHub". It's not much more than a token of goodwill from a user to open a place like that to organize bugs (GitHub: you are lucky you have such a userbase!), but it's the best thing I know of for "has someone else thought of this?"[2]. Many of the issues that have been filed there are excellent ideas.

[1]: https://github.com/isaacs/github

[2]: though I'd say if you also think about it, you should also go through the official channel, even if just to spam them so they know people want that feature.

Re: Dear GitHub

#52

Post by minimaxir »

dang wrote: post #36
johnlbevan2 wrote: post #23

NB: Duplicate post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10904693

Since they're both near the top we might as well treat the later post (which is the other one) as the duplicate.

The post with ~110 points was killed in favor of the ~50 point post at the time. In that case using time as the tie breaker might not be the best since people will have to upvote again.

Re: Dear GitHub

#53

Post by skulbuny »

Zikes wrote: post #27
shmerl wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I feel like there is a great opportunity right now for anyone to make a Github replacement. There is GitLab, which is good and is FOSS in addition.

I'm maintaining a GitLab instance for my team at work and it's been really great for us. I am pretty disappointed that the CE version doesn't include GitLab Pages, though, as that was the one feature I missed most from GitHub and GitLab Enterprise is outside of our budget at this time.

The hosted version at Gitlab.com is running EE, so it'll be just like Github.com is.

Re: Dear GitHub

#54

Post by jondubois »

I like GitHub issues as they are. I wouldn't like to force people to adhere to a particular format when reporting problems.

I find it strange that some project maintainers get annoyed when people use the issues section to post questions. What's wrong with that? A question can reveal design failures about your software... Maybe if your software was better designed, people wouldn't be asking the question to begin with.

I do think there should be a +1/like button though.

Re: Dear GitHub

#55

Post by diezge »

minimaxir wrote: post #41
diezge wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surprised I didn't see my personal favourite mentioned - the unlimited free private repos!

To be fair, GitHub has to make money . None of the complaints are about the GitHub business model, which is IMO pretty fair.

True, I guess with Atlassian it's different as their actual flagship product is Jira (and I assume the people who buy the paid-for BB packages are loyal to BB due to things like the free repos so it evens itself out).

Re: Dear GitHub

#56

Post by xpaulbettsx »

While I applaud the initiative, it's also a pretty strong indictment of the JavaScript / node.js community that there is not even a single non-male OSS maintainer on this list of important JS projects.

What is being done in the JS community by those who lead it to make progress on this and who is leading that charge? If the answer is "Nobody", why is that true?

Re: Dear GitHub

#57

Post by mynewtb »

ben174 wrote: post #24
anarchy8 wrote: post #6

I feel like there is a great opportunity right now for anyone to make a Github replacement. Sounds like a lot of these features are sorely needed at the moment. Why has Github been complacent?

By their very nature, git repos are one of the easiest things to migrate. Simply point at a new remote and push, and that's really it. It means that, unlike many other services, I could see GitHub being completely abandoned almost over night. If something better came along.

You would lose the issues.

Re: Dear GitHub

#58

Post by ketralnis »

monkmartinez wrote: post #42

I do not operate a popular OSS project, but I have experienced the +1 spam and it sucks. The suggestions, in my opinion seem rational. Interesting side note: With the exception of Selenium, most of signees are maintainers of JS/HTML OSS projects. I wonder if we could objectively compare JS to projects in terms of the problems mentioned in the document. For example, there is a strong correlation between +1'ers and JS…

I think it's just monkey see->monkey do. As soon as one person said +1, everyone that saw it thought that that's just how you voted for stuff. It's the same reason you see comments on HN or reddit that just say "This." or that if you leave your shoes by the door, everyone else will do the same. I doubt these people keep doing it if you ask them not to.

Re: Dear GitHub

#59

Post by hellofunk »

[deleted] wrote: post #44
hellofunk wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GitHub is a service, not a contracted vendor for work. There's a big difference.

[deleted]

You'll have to explain why you think they are a charity, because I see no application of that term in a rational way.

Re: Dear GitHub

#60

Post by magicmu »

monkmartinez wrote: post #42

I do not operate a popular OSS project, but I have experienced the +1 spam and it sucks. The suggestions, in my opinion seem rational. Interesting side note: With the exception of Selenium, most of signees are maintainers of JS/HTML OSS projects. I wonder if we could objectively compare JS to projects in terms of the problems mentioned in the document. For example, there is a strong correlation between +1'ers and JS…

I agree that the suggestions are great; I'm also generally happy to see a letter like this take a clear tone without being aggressive or overtly confrontational. Re: the prevalence JS/HTML projects, I think that may just be a matter of simple base popularity; the web is the most popular development platform, and JS is the most used language on github (githut.info has great stats on this). If the letter gains steam, I'm sure we could expect project maintainers from other ecosystems to get on board.
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