sungo
(To c&p something I said over on twitter because I think y'all will appreciate it more)
When Github goes down, FOSS effectively stops right now. It's tragic that we've allowed a single company to gain such control over the open commons.
I recognize that we are in this situation mostly because the 'distributed' side of git is only usable by experts. And I recognize the niche that GH fills (ticketing and PRs in lieu of emailed patches)
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sungo
the end result here is that the technical deficiencies in git create a barrier to non-experts which has led us to grant an american corporation exclusive control of vast swathes of the FOSS commons. This will not end well.
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⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️
@sungo git is a dumpster fire made popular by working fast and fanboyism.
I recommend fossil, myself. Its not great, but is a better overall system.
ploum
@sungo @federicomena : that's exactly why @aral created the ethical design manifesto.
He did a great talk about this topic recently (the one where the beamer was not working). Worth the time!
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