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Carmel NY

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Jun 6, 2018, 8:25:01 PM6/6/18
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I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github for
7.5 billion dollars.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal

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Waitman Gobble

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The FreeBSD code should probably be moved from GH. I believe it's
read-only but it could cause some conflicts with MS namespace? I see
the FreeBSD Gnome ports there are the top, for instance.


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The Doctor

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Jun 6, 2018, 8:56:11 PM6/6/18
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On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 12:21:34AM +0000, Carmel NY wrote:
> I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github for
> 7.5 billion dollars.
>
> https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal
>

Definitely the case!

Time for an opengit.org!

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The Doctor

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On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 08:34:52PM -0400, Waitman Gobble wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 8:21 PM, Carmel NY <carm...@outlook.com> wrote:
> > I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github for
> > 7.5 billion dollars.
> >
> > https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal
> >
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> The FreeBSD code should probably be moved from GH. I believe it's
> read-only but it could cause some conflicts with MS namespace? I see
> the FreeBSD Gnome ports there are the top, for instance.
>

Agreed to a git.freebsd.org .

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Polytropon

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Jun 6, 2018, 10:47:21 PM6/6/18
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:48:26 -0600, The Doctor wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 08:34:52PM -0400, Waitman Gobble wrote:
> > [...]
> > The FreeBSD code should probably be moved from GH. I believe it's
> > read-only but it could cause some conflicts with MS namespace? I see
> > the FreeBSD Gnome ports there are the top, for instance.
> >
>
> Agreed to a git.freebsd.org .

MICROS~1 never would have bought CVS... ;-)



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Steve O'Hara-Smith

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Jun 7, 2018, 3:48:48 AM6/7/18
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600
The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 12:21:34AM +0000, Carmel NY wrote:
> > I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github for
> > 7.5 billion dollars.
> >
> > https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal
> >
>
> Definitely the case!
>
> Time for an opengit.org!

Erm Gitlab ? From the Gitlab wikipedia entry:

----------------
In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25]
caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
----------------

and June's hardly started.

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CeDeROM

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Jun 7, 2018, 5:14:04 AM6/7/18
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On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 2:21 AM, Carmel NY <carm...@outlook.com> wrote:
> I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github for
> 7.5 billion dollars.
>
> https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal

GitLab is a very nice Open-Source alternative! :-)

https://gitlab.com/

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Shane Ambler

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Jun 7, 2018, 5:58:33 AM6/7/18
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On 07/06/2018 16:42, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600
> The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 12:21:34AM +0000, Carmel NY wrote:
>>> I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github for
>>> 7.5 billion dollars.
>>>
>>> https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal
>>>
>>
>> Definitely the case!
>>
>> Time for an opengit.org!
>
> Erm Gitlab ? From the Gitlab wikipedia entry:
>
> ----------------
> In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25]
> caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
> ----------------
>
> and June's hardly started.
>

Bitbucket would be the other main one to migrate to but their 2G storage
limit might keep gitlab more popular.

While ports have USE_GITHUB, there aren't similar options for other repo
sources. Time to think about expanding this feature.

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Carmel NY

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Jun 7, 2018, 6:25:50 AM6/7/18
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On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 08:12:03 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith stated:

>On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600
>The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 12:21:34AM +0000, Carmel NY wrote:
>> > I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github for
>> > 7.5 billion dollars.
>> >
>> > https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal
>> >
>>
>> Definitely the case!
>>
>> Time for an opengit.org!
>
> Erm Gitlab ? From the Gitlab wikipedia entry:
>
>----------------
>In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25]
>caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
>----------------
>
> and June's hardly started.
>

"gitlab" isn't free though.

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Carmel NY

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Jun 7, 2018, 6:41:48 AM6/7/18
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On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 10:57:40 +0200, CeDeROM stated:

>On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 2:21 AM, Carmel NY <carm...@outlook.com> wrote:
>> I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github for
>> 7.5 billion dollars.
>>
>> https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal
>
>GitLab is a very nice Open-Source alternative! :-)
>
>https://gitlab.com/

Perhaps, but there are costs involved. In any case, I am not sure what this
"FUD" can be attributed to. I have pretty much adhered to a, "If it ain't
broke, don't fix it" concept in business.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith

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Jun 7, 2018, 6:58:04 AM6/7/18
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On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 09:20:24 +0000
Carmel NY <carm...@outlook.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 08:12:03 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith stated:
>
> > Erm Gitlab ? From the Gitlab wikipedia entry:
> >
> >----------------
> >In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25]
> >caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
> >----------------
> >
> > and June's hardly started.
> >
>
> "gitlab" isn't free though.

There's a free option for hosted projects and there's an open
source edition - seems free enough for most purposes.

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Waitman Gobble

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Jun 7, 2018, 7:27:23 AM6/7/18
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MS has a history and a reputation. I don't buy their "lets be friends"
initiative.

They are like an Uncle who molested sister, got rehabilitated and now
wants to hang out with the kids.
um, no.

I'm guessing patent lawsuits will pop up. They have access to all the
private repos too,

The Doctor

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Jun 7, 2018, 7:34:50 AM6/7/18
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On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 08:12:03AM +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600
> The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 12:21:34AM +0000, Carmel NY wrote:
> > > I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github for
> > > 7.5 billion dollars.
> > >
> > > https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal
> > >
> >
> > Definitely the case!
> >
> > Time for an opengit.org!
>
> Erm Gitlab ? From the Gitlab wikipedia entry:
>
> ----------------
> In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25]
> caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
> ----------------
>
> and June's hardly started.
>

Good!!!

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Valeri Galtsev

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Jun 7, 2018, 9:28:16 AM6/7/18
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On Thu, June 7, 2018 4:20 am, Carmel NY wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 08:12:03 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith stated:
>
>>On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600
>>The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 12:21:34AM +0000, Carmel NY wrote:
>>> > I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github
>>> for
>>> > 7.5 billion dollars.
>>> >
>>> > https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal
>>> >
>>>
>>> Definitely the case!
>>>
>>> Time for an opengit.org!
>>
>> Erm Gitlab ? From the Gitlab wikipedia entry:
>>
>>----------------
>>In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25]
>>caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
>>----------------
>>
>> and June's hardly started.
>>
>
> "gitlab" isn't free though.
>

Nothing is free. The electric bills, network service, hardware, sysadmins,
programmers and engineers are to be paid. If you are let use something
"for free" it just means you are paying some other way. Say, in case of
google "free" services at the very minimum you are paying by facilitating
big brother's job...

Valeri

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David Demelier

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Jun 15, 2018, 2:56:36 AM6/15/18
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On Thu, 2018-06-07 at 08:12 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600
> The Doctor <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 12:21:34AM +0000, Carmel NY wrote:
> > > I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired
> > > Github for
> > > 7.5 billion dollars.
> > >
> > > https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acqui
> > > sition-official-deal
> > >
> >
> > Definitely the case!
> >
> > Time for an opengit.org!
>
> Erm Gitlab ? From the Gitlab wikipedia entry:
>
> ----------------
> In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by
> Microsoft[24][25]
> caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
> ----------------
>

Until it gets bought by facebook or amazon or anything not opensource
in mind.

FreeBSD already hosts their source code for now, we don't need to use a
private closed source host.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith

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Jun 15, 2018, 6:31:57 AM6/15/18
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 08:53:12 +0200
David Demelier <mar...@malikania.fr> wrote:

> On Thu, 2018-06-07 at 08:12 +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> > Erm Gitlab ? From the Gitlab wikipedia entry:
> >
> > ----------------
> > In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by
> > Microsoft[24][25]
> > caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
> > ----------------
> Until it gets bought by facebook or amazon or anything not opensource
> in mind.

Gitlab is open source (and in the ports) so if it's wanted it's
there. It is also a hosting service with free and paid plans, which as you
say is in danger of getting snapped up by one of the giants.

Both are potentially useful alternatives to Github. If I were
setting up a software development startup I'd certainly consider an
internal gitlab setup, I'm not so I haven't reviewed it in depth. If I were
running a small open source project with a few collaborators the hosted
service would be one place I'd be looking.

> FreeBSD already hosts their source code for now, we don't need to use a
> private closed source host.

True enough, FreeBSD has hosted their source since Walnut Creek days
and I doubt that will stop. Things like hosted github and gitlab are mostly
suitable for smaller projects that don't want the overhead of maintaining
their own infrastructure. There's a fair number of those clustered around
FreeBSD.

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