fossified/podcast

Topic: Git repositories and the fediverse

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stdevel commented

The majority of important open source projects use GitHub or GitLab for hosting the code. Even though open source developers don't have to fear that those services might be shut down soon - do we have a plan B? Is using centralized infrastructure for critical open source code a good idea? How could we live without those platforms?
Both Gitea and Forgejo (a brand-new Gitea fork which would also be worth covering in a dedicated episode!) have plans for a decentralized but federated Git infrastructure using open standards like ActivityPub.

Agenda proposal

  • Motivation
    • Why do we need an alternative to GitHub and GitLab?
    • History of open source code hosting infrastructure (BerliOS, Sourceforge)
  • Tools and ideas
    • Forgejo
    • ActivityPub
    • Integration into the fediverse
  • Current state of the development

Estimated duration: 60-90 minutes.

bagder commented

I checked the website for Forgejo, but it seems to be a way to selfhost your git stuff. That doesn't seem particularly "federated" to me. Did I miss anything?

bagder commented

In my notes I have this alternative subject line: "GitHub. A blessing or a curse? Are there better options? For what? For whom? When?"

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stdevel commented

Hi @bagder,
it's a new feature that isn't implemented, yet - but it's documented and discussed here: https://forgejo.org/2023-01-10-answering-forgejo-federation-questions/

Hope this helps!

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