Let’s be honest, the majority here probably has a github account. Some of us are happy as a clam and wouldn’t switch no matter what happened, but there are some who would and haven’t yet. Why?
Let’s be honest, the majority here probably has a github account. Some of us are happy as a clam and wouldn’t switch no matter what happened, but there are some who would and haven’t yet. Why?
Try actually working on 5 different Gitlab instances and you will soon notice that there is in fact a really big difference between federation and decentralization.
You need a new account for every single server. And if you don’t want email notifications you’d have to manually check all of them to see if there are issues relevant for you.
Though for what it’s worth Gitlab is actually looking into potentially supporting ActivityPub in the future!
This is my biggest problem with Gitlab and github alternatives. Multiple accounts on every single instance you want to contribute to. It’s a pain
Gitlab could’ve worked on federation years ago, but they sat on their hands for at least 7 years until an external contributor decided he would implement it. Good on the dude, but fuck gitlab for being so passive about it for all these years.
Wah really? I contribute to, like countless projects on github. Sometimes just a comment in a discussion or a single line pull request and then never again… gitlab sounds horrible.
Yep, they completely ignored that aspect for maybe a decade. One poor, unaffiliated dude is finally taking it upon himself to implement it while Gitlab engineers cheer him on. IMO it’s their biggest oversight and misprioritisation.