FSF to launch code hosting

Posted Feb 26, 2020 10:27 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: FSF to launch code hosting by gfernandes
Parent article: FSF to launch code hosting

People forget that other people may not be as lucky as they are. I gather in the US that some people are still stuck on dial-up! Here in the UK while most people have access to fibre, I thought that we were still stuck on ADSL-2 (that may no longer be true) and there are a few people left on ADSL.

And then, what about peoples' workflow? I *still* prefer to work in "offline" mode with the online stuff happening behind my back. Try doing THAT when your internet is down! (Which until recently was pretty common - dunno why).

Why is it that people seem to delight in assuming that OTHER PEOPLE should adopt THEIR OWN way of working/thinking/living? I don't give a monkeys how you live your life - stop telling me how to live mine, thanks.

Cheers,
Wol

FSF to launch code hosting

Posted Feb 26, 2020 21:03 UTC (Wed) by ejr (subscriber, #51652) [Link] (1 responses)

Some rural US areas have access only to relatively expensive satellite "broadband." These come with absurdly low data caps, the kind that will be blown away when people forward PowerPoint slides or watch anything streaming.

Plus there are people with longer-ish train or plane transits. Trains are starting to support wifi, but, um, not always successfully in my experience. Planes charge extra.

And some people just want to unplug, sit, and think about what they're doing.

The "offline" world still exists.

FSF to launch code hosting

Posted Feb 26, 2020 21:31 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

Git works perfectly fine offline. You don't to have to send a PR right away. The amount of data consumed by using Github UI or API is also pretty insignificant.

So email workflow these days is mostly a matter of personal preference. Supporting it would certainly be nice, but I don't think it has any practical advantage.