Re: sr.ht --- "sir hat" --- alternatives to Github

[Eric Rescorla <[e-mail]>]

I haven't had time to really take a look at sr.ht, but that's not going to
stop me from commenting!

First, as Lars says, nothing stops people from using some !Github
toolchain, and if it's good, then I'm sure people can vote with their feet.
In general, the workflow here for getting started with a project is to go
to the repo (via URL) git clone it, and then work, so if there were
something !Github that people liked, it would be a pretty straightforward
transition for contributors, modulo the network effects of their
familiarity with Github, existing accounts, etc. The current efforts at
systemization of Github are just paving the cowpaths.

With that said, the design philosophy Michael describes (no JS, mailing
list focused) seems to me to abandon a bunch of what people like about
Github. I know that Linux (for instance) has a mailing-list based process,
but most open source projects I am familiar with prefer a Web-based
process, in particular for code/change review. For instance, both Firefox
and Chromium lean very hard on their online code review tools for patch
development, interdiffs, etc., and wouldn't really want to go back to
e-mail. So, from that perspective, this seems like it might be kind of a
regression in features.

-Ekr



On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 6:22 AM Richard Barnes <[e-mail]> wrote:

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> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 9:19 AM Randy Bush <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> >> Also, a major reason for using Github is going where the audience is.
>> > If it weren't for that, there are a boatload of alternatives.
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>> the problem is that `git clone` is brand conscious
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> Not really?
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> > git remote rename origin eww-github
> > git remote add origin $GITLAB_OR_SIRHAT_OR_WHATEVER
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