Re: Call to move to github or gitlab

[Dennis Clarke]

On 6/9/22 03:15, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Op 08-06-2022 om 21:37 schreef Thomas Dickey:
> > On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 05:35:32PM +0100, Tomasz Kłoczko wrote:
> > > - currently there is absolutely no visibility of issues
> > > already submitted/WIP
> >
> > This mailing list works, for the usual amount of traffic.
>
> The mailing list also has the advantage that one can quickly check
> what has been discussed in the past few months.  Github and Gitlab
> are excruciatingly heavy websites that require many clicks to find
> anything (and for many things require Javascript that I don't want
> to execute).
>
> > > github offers the discussion tab so with that it would be possible
> > > to move away from mailing list to github discussions.
>
> Horrible!  See above.
>
> Benno


I must stand up very loudly and also agree that any of the big git repo
sites are a horror show to use. The word "excruciating" is correct. Even
a trivial patch fetch can take a pile of steps just to find whatever I
need. I understand that they are popular and force fed upon many people
by their employers but I refuse to accept they are any better than a
trivial mail list for a project such as this.  If someone shows up with
a spare million dollars then maybe it is worth consideration. Even then
I would still find github and gitlap to be terrible. At least you can
drive a Porsche home right?

If tazers are dragged out for a duel at dawn then consider a very light
site such as https://sourcehut.org/ where there is NO JavaScript at all.

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Dennis Clarke
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