Fedora moves towards Forgejo (Fedora Magazine)

[Posted December 4, 2024 by jzb]

Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller reports that the project's search to replace Pagure as its git forge is almost complete, with the Fedora Council strongly in favor of Forgejo:

The Council, currently, has a clear preference for Forgejo. This is a big decision and we don't want it to feel rushed. Therefore, we're opening this up one last time to everyone's comments. After two weeks, we'll take our formal vote — and then get on with the work!

LWN looked at Forgejo in February.

Sounds like good news

Posted Dec 4, 2024 19:13 UTC (Wed) by intelfx (subscriber, #130118) [Link]

Really happy for Forgejo.

I’m not affliliated with the project, nor do I have any other sort of horse in the race, but I contributed a couple patches once and the people I interacted with have left a really nice impression.

Might be a done deal.

Posted Dec 5, 2024 3:36 UTC (Thu) by tome (subscriber, #3171) [Link] (3 responses)

> This is a big decision and we don't want it to feel rushed.

Ostensibly there will be two weeks of discussion before the final decision. But oops, Miller's first sentence of the linked article tells a different story:

> The decision to move to Forgejo as the new git forge has been made.

Might be a done deal.

Posted Dec 5, 2024 5:42 UTC (Thu) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link]

So? Decisions can be un-made if that Last Call elicits a compelling argument that wasn't seen (or heard) before.

Might be a done deal.

Posted Dec 5, 2024 15:42 UTC (Thu) by jzb (editor, #7867) [Link] (1 responses)

I sort of see this like a bill or nomination moving out of committee before a full vote. In all likelihood what the committee has decided is what will pass. *But* there's still two weeks (well, less now) for the larger public to give input. If another company or project that uses Pagure showed up to say "OK, we'll commit two developers to help sustain it" (or something like that) maybe it would sway the decision. Unlikely, but possible.

Might be a done deal.

Posted Dec 5, 2024 22:36 UTC (Thu) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link]

Yes, exactly how I see it too. Since consensus was clear when we took a straw poll, it didn't seem helpful to pretend otherwise. But we still have Project processes to follow. Those processes _do_ provide the possibility for minds to change (even if I think it very unlikely at this point).

For whatever handful of magic beans it might be worth, only the section with "— Matthew" below it is my writing, even though the final version of the article does not clearly delineate. I think the difference in tone is simply the difference between one author who has learned to be extra-careful with definite statements in public communication, and another author more concerned with the substance of actually _doing something_. I'll let you guess who's who. :)

Nod to gogs

Posted Dec 6, 2024 11:24 UTC (Fri) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link] (1 responses)

In all the articles on Forgejo, gitea, etc., it's a shame no one gives a nod and some credit to Egon Elbre, who started it and wrote much of the code - gogs.io.

Nod to gogs

Posted Dec 6, 2024 17:31 UTC (Fri) by hmng (guest, #5562) [Link]

I remember that, it's a shame it doesn't get more recognition!