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Re: Dear GitHub

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Post by petke »

I guess I don't know how to use githib. You can send bug reports on a project. But how do you send questions or ask for advice?

Re: Dear GitHub

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Post by jonobacon »

malexw wrote: post #158
yohann305 wrote: post #156

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I'm glad to see someone from github is actually replying on HN and not ignoring this. Thumbs up

Not just anyone - Jono literally wrote the book on building developer communities: http://www.artofcommunityonline.org/

You are far too kind. Thanks!

Re: Dear GitHub

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Post by pron »

pekk wrote: post #287
Estragon wrote: post #277

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Maybe something more noble than a social coding site? I doubt it. Github has a reputation problem. I wouldn't put anything sensitive on there, given the attitude github leadership showed about privacy ethics in the Julie Horvath incident.

Even if you don't have anything against Github relating to the Horvath incident, there are other things like Github shutting down people's projects because they wrote a doc containing the word "retard." In other words, now they are in the business of regulating the content of open source projects (beyond obvious precautions like not hosting stolen credit card databases, child porn, etc.) They seem to think they're to…

> now they are in the business of regulating the content of open source projects

That is a very good thing. At this point in time we're beyond speculation. We have some good evidence about the direction online communities take with and without content moderation, and the serious players (most recently Reddit) have come to realize that top-down moderation is absolutely necessary. Fringe, unmoderated activity has a place, but it is outside mainstream platforms.

Re: Dear GitHub

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Post by sytse »

pvorb wrote: post #228
sytse wrote: post #172

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There are some open source projects with a large user base taking the step to us, for example https://gitlab.com/mailman/mailman Regarding the three demands in the doc: 1. GitLab has issue templates in EE and on GitLab.com https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/28 2. GitLab has the award emoji function that doesn't spam and acts as a voting system https://about.gitlab.com/2015/11/22/gitlab-8-2-release…

Yes, I already saw some of these. Unfortunately, there's no Travis CI integration yet, which I've been using on GitHub a lot. I'm evaluating GitLab CI right now. Am I right, that I have to host a runner myself if I don't want to use a shared runner for my project? > You can setup as many runners as you need. Runners can be placed on separate users, servers, and even on your local machine. Does "local machine" really…

We would love for Travis CI to offer support for GitLab, they can use our new commit status API.

But you'll find that GitLab CI is a pretty complete replacement. If you don't want to use a shared runner you indeed have to use a shared runner.

Running on your local machine can indeed include your notebook.

Re: Dear GitHub

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Post by sytse »

Osiris wrote: post #173

The author mentions that if GitHub was open source, they would implement these features themselves. Gitlab[1] is an open source repository manager that supports local installs as well as public hosting at gitlab.com. If author appreciates open source, perhaps they should put their efforts into improving an existing open source option rather than relying on a proprietary solution. [1] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/git…

At GitLab we would welcome contributions. More than 1000 people already contributed and everyone is welcome. Also see my other answer in this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10905756

Re: Dear GitHub

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Post by sytse »

Touche wrote: post #276
ywecur wrote: post #268

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Absolutely agree! I cannot fathom why people are still actively supporting GitHub. Even if you ignore the ethical reasons, which if you are an open source developer really should suffice, GitLab is better and more customizable in every way. Supporting it benefits yourself and all of the FOSS community.

gitlab.com is dog slow and my code is too important to risk self hosting.

GitLab.com indeed is dog slow, we're sorry and we're working on improving that Q1 2016 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/operations/issues

Re: Dear GitHub

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Post by tcdent »

chei0aiV wrote: post #245
zanny wrote: post #235

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This. When you are tired of github, start using gitlab, and realize your mistake going forward and stop making it, over[1], and over[2], and over[3]. [1] http://sourceforge.net/ [2] https://code.google.com/ [3] https://bitbucket.org/

Sourceforge runs Apache Allura, which is open source.

What's realistic timing for getting a feature you contribute (and receive approval) deployed and available for use?

Re: Dear GitHub

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Post by sytse »

lwf wrote: post #272
ywecur wrote: post #270

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You mean like GitLab?

GitLab is still centralised (whomever is hosting…), not distributed.

Maybe you're interested in this feature request https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/4013 to implement cross-server (federated) merge requests.
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