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This is awesome!
But I am confused, isn't github Microsoft though? Why host it there?
Because it's free, convenient, and works. And it's a git project so the code is already distributed, so if Trump has another tantrum and decides the EU can't use any American tech, the deleted PRs and issues would be annoying but we'll still have the code.
isn't codeberg free as well? And it's in Germany
I don't think anyone said or implied that there were no alternatives.
Well, the point is that GitHub is owned by Microsoft, so if they're already developing an alternative to a Microsoft service, they would probably want to also use an alternative to a Microsoft service for their source code hosting.
They want to be less dependent on US tech. Using something whose code is hosted on US tech is far less dependent than using something whose entire everything is American.
Yeah, I understand that it isn't as bad, but it doesn't explain why they didn't go with something that's entirely non-bad. We have the technology.
I think the reason is obvious.
fair. Well I guess GitHub is also the most popular
PRs and issues can be a huge part of a project
I'm sure we can all agree that they are not as important as the code, though ;)
I couldn't find any particular justification going through their website and other communication, it's not perfect but it's probably not that big a deal for an open source project to host their code there? If I remember I'll try to send them a message asking about it