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 (DIR) Post #AMCmZlsFdEJWDdbc12 by Bubu@chaos.social
       2022-08-04T19:04:14Z
       
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       People freaking out that gitlab.com is considering to delete inactive free-tier repositories [1]... I mean what did you expect? Someone to host all your stuff for free forever?Github will do exactly the same if that's at any point convenient to them. You are responsible for keeping your projects online/available/backed-up, if you don't have a contract with someone to do it for you.[1] https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/04/gitlab_data_retention_policy/ (so far that seems to be a still just a rumor/leak? No official confirmation afaik.)
       
 (DIR) Post #AMCmZmQdZNorwHh4c4 by Mehrad@fosstodon.org
       2022-08-04T20:21:32Z
       
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       @Bubu I am monthly donating to #Codeberg and I hope they collect enough money to keep their gead above water, but after reading your toot and the linked article, I went and checked #Gitlab prices and I'm shocked with the tiers they have. $228 for annual subscription! 🤯 I certainly would rather pay Microsoft $44/year or $180 to Bitbucket than to pay $228 to Gitlab!They could at least create a new budget-friendly tier!! I'll move out my repos first thing tomorrow!
       
 (DIR) Post #AMCmZnOXydk2w5iuzg by Bubu@chaos.social
       2022-08-04T19:10:15Z
       
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       If that's a smart move for gitlab or not is a different question and I don't know the answer to that.But giving multi-month notice on something that you are providing for free sounds pretty fair to me.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMCmel4g22r7BenOme by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2022-08-05T03:30:30Z
       
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       @Bubu An update on GitLab's plan to start deleting "inactive" repos:https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/gitlab_reverses_deletion_policy/TL;DR they responded to community pressure following the critical coverage in the tech press and have cancelled the plan.@Mehrad #GitLab
       
 (DIR) Post #AMD1io0mYIRWldMVH6 by Mehrad@fosstodon.org
       2022-08-05T06:19:13Z
       
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       @strypey @Bubu thanks for the link, but as the article said, I now have even more questions as this has just added an extra layer of vagueness an uncertainty. I at least would create a mirror on Codeberg or spin a Gitea on a small VPS until I decide on what to do with this mess.I understand the extra cost for their business, but the way forward is to create a tier between Free and Premium that is <$20/year and give users nothing extra other than 50 inactive repo
       
 (DIR) Post #AMDoI29nNE8V17rKgS by duponin@udongein.xyz
       2022-08-05T15:23:43.068701Z
       
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       @Bubu GitHub keeps your project to train Copilot and will dump all that useless data :blobcatlul:
       
 (DIR) Post #AMEcD4N8hng89DvXlo by Jessica@fedi.absturztau.be
       2022-08-06T00:43:04.055450Z
       
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       @Bubu use codeburg
       
 (DIR) Post #AML0RRHXt6U36USGum by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2022-08-09T02:42:40Z
       
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       @MehradGiven that Git was designed to decentralize development, it's intriguing that repo hubs like GH and GL have been all to induce such dependence. I recommend keeping local backups of all software on public repos, your own and anything it depends on as a minimum. Having a couple of official public homes for each repo is probably a good idea too.@Bubu #git #SoftwareDevelopment #FreeCode