Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft

Post by doubled112 » Sun, Mar 30, 2025, 9:54 PM UTC

dizhn wrote: post #22

sschueller wrote: post #15

I didn't know forgejo existed and I have been using gitlab ce which is getting more and more difficult to deal with for just home use. All of a sudden I see that I am no longer getting minor updates because my debian version isn't the latest and during my last update it broke the db again. forgejo seems to have everything I need including CI pipeline and container registry so I am definitely going to give it a try be…

FYI it's a fork of gitea, and like gitea, only a single go binary. Super easy to upgrade. I have been running gitea first and now forgejo under docker. It's literally a 5 minute deal to install once you know how it works.

Post by FirmwareBurner » Sun, Mar 30, 2025, 10:15 PM UTC

happymellon wrote: post #24

mraniki wrote: post #5

Why blocked? > We have a temporary glitch with GitHub—probably some contributor was geolocated in a sanctioned region (no details yet). All required documents to unlock the account have been uploaded. Don't blame Microsoft/GitHub - it is just U.S. law. Please be patient. It should be unblocked soon. https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114155428924741370

Sounds like a reasonable reason to dump a service that will just block you. Nothing you put there sounds like a reason not to move, in fact it sounds like all the more reason to do it.

Post by mcv » Sun, Mar 30, 2025, 10:28 PM UTC

fitblipper wrote: post #27

Organic Maps is great and I'm hoping the transition to Forgejo goes smoothly for the project. I've recently started hiking and just generally going outside in my community more. When I relied on Google Maps I would get some random business highlighted when navigating around. Since I switched to Organic Maps I see trails, artwork, parks, scenic views, etc, etc that I never knew existed even in my own neighborhood. I a…

Post by netsharc » Sun, Mar 30, 2025, 11:50 PM UTC

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #32

tomrod wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the account have been uploaded. Don't blame Microsoft/GitHub - it is just U.S. law. "I was just following orders" is an invalid defense.

So a corporation should be in contempt with US law just to uphold a moral high ground for a some random user?

Post by yencabulator » Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 1:32 AM UTC

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #33

happymellon wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like a reasonable reason to dump a service that will just block you. Nothing you put there sounds like a reason not to move, in fact it sounds like all the more reason to do it.

>Sounds like a reasonable reason to dump a service that will just block you. ANY and I mean absolutely ANY service can just block you if they think you're violating ToS, including Google/Android and Apple.