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Re: GitHub down

#31

Post by naiveai » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 3:25 PM UTC

nezza-_- wrote: post #2

We centralized a decentralized version control system.

That's kind of missing the point, everyone's git local clones are still there, I can still work on the code. Git's decentralisation is meant to make sure work doesn't stop altogether when the remote is down.

Re: GitHub down

#32

Post by nickysielicki » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 3:25 PM UTC

nezza-_- wrote: post #2

We centralized a decentralized version control system.

The concept of an "upstream" is inherently centralized.

The point of git is that everyone can keep working right now and can push later without things getting very messy.

Re: GitHub down

#33

Post by dom96 » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 3:25 PM UTC

TAForObvReasons wrote: post #24

chrisseaton wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can still work with your colleagues by pushing and pulling your own repos without involving GitHub. I think centralised CI is the real problem. I don't have the compute power in my home to run our full test suite, so I can't push with confidence without my CI cluster.

Issues and other GH infrastructure is arguably a bigger problem. That metadata is locked within the Github silo with no easy way to export it elsewhere.

This is indeed the crux of the problem. I've been thinking about this a lot (and I wouldn't be surprised if it exists already), we need a decentralised method of storing issues and other things inside our git repos.

Re: GitHub down

#34

Post by curry_maker » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 3:26 PM UTC

America runs on Github!

Re: GitHub down

#35

Post by jeppz » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 3:26 PM UTC

leeoniya wrote: post #25

this PSA is quite unnecessary when a problem is universally known and maximally severe.

Well I didn't know, not everyone uses it on a daily basis.

Re: GitHub down

#36

Post by TickleSteve » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 3:26 PM UTC

This is why you don't rely on third parties for your build dependencies!

Re: GitHub down

#37

Post by couchand » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 3:26 PM UTC

leeoniya wrote: post #25

this PSA is quite unnecessary when a problem is universally known and maximally severe.

Maybe it will prevent some folks from refreshing the page and possibly exacerbating the issue?

Re: GitHub down

#38

Post by myspy » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 3:26 PM UTC

I don't need the free time right now :( Time to get a coffee.

Re: GitHub down

#39

Post by runeks » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 3:26 PM UTC

nezza-_- wrote: post #2

We centralized a decentralized version control system.

So you’re saying that if I put up my own Git server (for a fee), it’s likely to have better uptime statistics than GitHub?

I can’t push changes to the decentralized Git protocol, only to a (centralized) server instance.

Re: GitHub down

#40

Post by dx034 » Thu, Jan 11, 2018, 3:26 PM UTC

d4nyll wrote: post #17

Now the status page is updated, but the status on previous days are all saying "The status is still red at the beginning of the day"

Probably a quick update just to get the current downtime on the page.