Be realistic. Filling out forms to get CI runners means no serious users will be attracted. They can just go to GitLab instead. And even then, a migration wouldn't be fully seamless.
Those are immediate show-stoppers before we get to contributor pool sizes and network effects.
My purist young self picked Gitorious over GitHub. I even vaguely remember the KDE presence there, so it was a trusted host with big(ish) betters on it. But it closed shop soon after, and that was a quick learned lesson.
I will be more intrigued by the first jj-native forge when it appears. I may even help alpha test it, as it may bring a breath of fresh air to the space, unless it's going to be AI buzz-filled. In that case to the trash blocklist it will go.
Filling out forms to get CI runners means no serious users will be attracted.
I think this will have opposite effect. Only serious users will be willing to fill out forms and casual users will be put off by the bureaucracy. I agree that it is a downside though. In a perfect world, there would be no forms to fill in.
The problem with CI is that the internet is full of not-nice people who will use free compute to mine crypto. Gitlab had problems with this abuse and requires credit card details.
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Eezyville@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
I'm already there. I hope this brings new developers willing to improve Forgejo. I really want to see it get federated.
staircase@programming.dev · 5 pts · 1y
you can also donate or become a paying member
staircase@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y
Sunshine@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Good catch! 😉
BB_C@programming.dev · 0 pts · 1y
Be realistic. Filling out forms to get CI runners means no serious users will be attracted. They can just go to GitLab instead. And even then, a migration wouldn't be fully seamless.
Those are immediate show-stoppers before we get to contributor pool sizes and network effects.
My purist young self picked Gitorious over GitHub. I even vaguely remember the KDE presence there, so it was a trusted host with big(ish) betters on it. But it closed shop soon after, and that was a quick learned lesson.
I will be more intrigued by the first jj-native forge when it appears. I may even help alpha test it, as it may bring a breath of fresh air to the space, unless it's going to be AI buzz-filled. In that case to the
trashblocklist it will go.alienscience@programming.dev · 11 pts · 1y
I think this will have opposite effect. Only serious users will be willing to fill out forms and casual users will be put off by the bureaucracy. I agree that it is a downside though. In a perfect world, there would be no forms to fill in.
The problem with CI is that the internet is full of not-nice people who will use free compute to mine crypto. Gitlab had problems with this abuse and requires credit card details.