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Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg

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Re: Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg

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Post by andsoitis »

notepad0x90 wrote: post #138
johnfn wrote: post #95

> it’s abundantly clear that the talented folks who used to work on the product have moved on to bigger and better things, with the remaining losers eager to inflict some kind of bloated, buggy JavaScript framework on us in the name of progress. > More importantly, Actions is created by monkeys This writing really does not reflect well on Zig. If you have technical issues with Github, fine: cite them. But leave ad ho…

You're right, I've been hearing lots of good things about Zig and I wanted to check it out but I'm glad I saw this post. I want no part of this thing. I've heard people call other people "monkeys" before in a work setting. it's never good. Fact is, you don't need to call anyone names or insult them. The takeaway for me is that the Zig project is led by people who are extremely immature and toxic. I simply don't trust…

> I simply don't trust any decision these people make

Do you have an example or two of poor decisions that push you away so strongly?

Re: Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg

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Post by contrarian1234 »

wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #126

Very questionable decision. You're running what aims to be a major programming language - have it where people expect and live with your gripes about the platform. In retail you set up your store in the biggest mall with the most customers walking past - sure you can go set up in some back alley but don't expect customers to come to your store. This remains true even if the mall owns forget to mop the floor. This fee…

I think it's a broader cultural issue where everyone has to have strong opinions about everything and make a strong stand - instead of picking your battles

Not that I necessarily disagree with their reasoning, but stick to having strong feelings about your core "mission"? It just feels a bit "unstable". Hard to imagine such stuff coming from Java or Python or whatever other major language

Re: Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg

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Post by wewewedxfgdf »

zdw wrote: post #137
wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #126

Very questionable decision. You're running what aims to be a major programming language - have it where people expect and live with your gripes about the platform. In retail you set up your store in the biggest mall with the most customers walking past - sure you can go set up in some back alley but don't expect customers to come to your store. This remains true even if the mall owns forget to mop the floor. This fee…

None of this means that you have to be on a specific platform. GitHub as default/mandatory is a single point of failure for the entire tech industry. For an example of another language that avoids being entirely coupled into Github, Go has it's real code hosting and CI interaction on a Gerrit instance, with some sync back and forth to GitHub for a few items. The CI pain and operational blindness mentioned in the Zig…

Yeah but marketing matters for Zig because it's still struggling to get significant mindshare.

Zig needs to behave more mainstream rather than less and technical gripes about the source hosting platform should not matter more than marketing.

Re: Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg

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Post by yoyohello13 »

pabs3 wrote: post #85
yoyohello13 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m pretty sure Drew has stepped away from SourceHut. It’s kind of a bummer SourceHut stuck so stubbornly to mailing list only workflows. Everything else about the platform is great.

Drew is still working on SourceHut: https://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-11-20-whats-cooking-q4-2025/

Thanks. My information was outdated.

Re: Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg

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Post by icy »

I'm excited to see this migration happen, mostly because it signals to us (https://tangled.org) that large projects are willing to switch! We're working pretty hard to get Tangled out of alpha—we want it to be the place for free software communities.

Also recently wrote about our vision and commitment to indies and communities (and never enterprise!): https://anirudh.fi/future

Re: Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg

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Post by [deleted] »

contrarian1234 wrote: post #142
wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #126

Very questionable decision. You're running what aims to be a major programming language - have it where people expect and live with your gripes about the platform. In retail you set up your store in the biggest mall with the most customers walking past - sure you can go set up in some back alley but don't expect customers to come to your store. This remains true even if the mall owns forget to mop the floor. This fee…

I think it's a broader cultural issue where everyone has to have strong opinions about everything and make a strong stand - instead of picking your battles Not that I necessarily disagree with their reasoning, but stick to having strong feelings about your core "mission"? It just feels a bit "unstable". Hard to imagine such stuff coming from Java or Python or whatever other major language

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Re: Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg

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Post by GaryBluto »

65 wrote: post #110
GaryBluto wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it really a surprise that the project that declared a blanket ban on LLM-generated code is also emotional and childish in other areas?

No wonder they moved to Codeberg. Those kinds of projects tend to do the ol' move to Codeberg for whatever reason. If I had to put an analogy to it, Codeberg is like Kick and Github is like Twitch.

Purity testing. I mean, one of the first lines in their announcement is relating to politics.

Re: Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg

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Post by temptemptemp111 »

johnfn wrote: post #95

> it’s abundantly clear that the talented folks who used to work on the product have moved on to bigger and better things, with the remaining losers eager to inflict some kind of bloated, buggy JavaScript framework on us in the name of progress. > More importantly, Actions is created by monkeys This writing really does not reflect well on Zig. If you have technical issues with Github, fine: cite them. But leave ad ho…

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Re: Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg

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Post by Arainach »

wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #126

Very questionable decision. You're running what aims to be a major programming language - have it where people expect and live with your gripes about the platform. In retail you set up your store in the biggest mall with the most customers walking past - sure you can go set up in some back alley but don't expect customers to come to your store. This remains true even if the mall owns forget to mop the floor. This fee…

Eh. Their messaging is immature here, but you don't need to be on the biggest thing - especially when you have a limited set of contributiors, not millions.

It is deeply unfortunate that Git won instead of Mercurial and even more unfortunate that GitHub won. GitHub's code review/PR UI is an abomination. We had better tools 15 years ago and GitHub is still a regression. There are tons of reasons to move off it if you're willing to pay the cost of working with alternatives.

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