We need a federation of forges
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We need a federation of forges
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#2tangled is a really cool project; the most important feature it provides is that it is jujutsu first.
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#3Federated solutions seem to be the future, after once-beloved provider becomes the crumbling monopoly.
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#4Is there really nothing like BitTorrent for git, or have we just not heard about it because of GitHub's network effects? It feels like this problem was solved long ago for binaries.
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#5I don't think calling your git server a "knot" is going to go over well with certain large subsections of the OSS community.
Or rather, it will go over way too well.
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#6tangled is a really cool project; the most important feature it provides is that it is jujutsu first.
I assume you don't mean Tangled is an expert martial artist. Can you translate this to not-a-dev-but-uses-git?
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#7I don't think calling your git server a "knot" is going to go over well with certain large subsections of the OSS community. Or rather, it will go over way too well.
Ha, we heard this but decided to stick to it because hey, it isn't hurting anyone. No harm in a little bit of fun.
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#8Is there really nothing like BitTorrent for git, or have we just not heard about it because of GitHub's network effects? It feels like this problem was solved long ago for binaries.
Radicle may be what you're after
Re: We need a federation of forges
#9Is there really nothing like BitTorrent for git, or have we just not heard about it because of GitHub's network effects? It feels like this problem was solved long ago for binaries.
gittorrents were talked about and built at least 15 if not 20 years ago.
the issue isn't mirroring of data, this is a solved problem. everything else that a forge does is a problem - issue tracking, PRs, reviews, CI/CD, authn, authz, secrets, audit trails, ...
Re: We need a federation of forges
#10I don't think calling your git server a "knot" is going to go over well with certain large subsections of the OSS community. Or rather, it will go over way too well.
Furry developers are all professionals and won't have a giggle fit every time they think about it.