Post AP66VLtwYlXaz6uADo by tallship@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AMC376Zj5ewc5TtiHw by tallship@fosstodon.org
       2022-08-04T18:10:08Z
       
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       #Gitlab took in almost $88 million in revenue during the last quarter and posted net losses of more than $25 million.That's a bit hard to fathom, hosting a #cloud based #software  product that loses that much money in the face of so much income, not to mention that part of that revenue comes from customers who self-host.But now this...https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/04/gitlab_data_retention_policy/Gitlab always smelled bad to me, and for those who fled #GitHub to go there instead of hosting their own #Gitea instances, well?⛵
       
 (DIR) Post #AMC3UVZCL3gGG1oHPk by piggo@piggo.space
       2022-08-04T19:04:38.025564Z
       
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       @tallship I first got burnt by bitbucket as a GitHub alternative. Gitlab dot com anyways looked more like a demo instance than a real service, not to mention it's very slow. People using it for serious projects is a bit odd choice... I'm quite happy with my gitea server. It's not free, but there's nobody trying to profit from it 👌
       
 (DIR) Post #AMCn60TYsVKqlwQcYy by mistermonster@firebird.zone
       2022-08-05T03:35:39.449992Z
       
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       @tallship when will we learn our lesson? Nothing is free in this world.
       
 (DIR) Post #AP66VJn8P6uERPhhKa by thealexstewart@mastodon.online
       2022-08-04T20:49:08Z
       
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       @tallship I preferred using #Gitlab to host my projects over something like Github. However, those projects are pretty much dormant, so I guess they will be deleted in the future?Maybe I should look into #Gitea or #Codeberg for future hosting?
       
 (DIR) Post #AP66VLU46yqBgqnUsy by daniel@social.ppmx.org
       2022-08-06T15:06:45.367900Z
       
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       @thealexstewartUse gitea, if you want to self-host, use codeberg, if you want someone else to host for you.Or sourcehut, if you want to be a paying customer and like git-email.The one discerning thing a big service like github or gitlab have going for them is project visibility. I am really interested, how things will be able to change, once federation gets finished in gitea, since I hope I'll be able to discover all the cool projects on the other gitea instances. 🙂@tallship
       
 (DIR) Post #AP66VLtwYlXaz6uADo by tallship@fosstodon.org
       2022-09-21T18:06:01Z
       
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       @daniel I think one methodology we may see going forward might be based on the general conception that #GitHub  is the defacto contemporary search engine for #open_source software. At one time this distinction was held by #Freshmeat. That having been said, #Codeberg and self-hosted #Gitea might become the home #forge  #repos for projects, while being mirrored on GitHub for visibility, then linking back to say, the home forges on #federating Gitea servers.Your thoughts?⛵@thealexstewart
       
 (DIR) Post #AP66VMKswb5kKfVgDQ by thealexstewart@mastodon.online
       2022-09-22T01:54:31Z
       
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       @tallship @daniel I feel like having a simple, yet powerful way to search through federated repos would be quite valuable for developers. #Github and #Gitlab may still be the two main options for hosting open source software, partially for that reason.I notice a lot of GitLab repos get mirrored onto Github and vice-versa, for those purposes of visibility. For example, many #KDE apps mirror from Gitlab to Github. Hopefully, federation via #Gitea can reduce the need for this.
       
 (DIR) Post #ARNHNF2u0esTzSTDHs by PublicLewdness@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-01-06T18:22:33.215769Z
       
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       @tallship I'm hoping Gitea or Codeberg gain popularity. Where a project hosts their code shouldn't be a trivial decision.