Pulling GitHub into the kernel process

Posted Jun 24, 2021 10:46 UTC (Thu) by ojeda (subscriber, #143370)
In reply to: Pulling GitHub into the kernel process by LtWorf
Parent article: Pulling GitHub into the kernel process

We are not putting ourselves in the hands of a single corporation.

GitHub offers a service which is useful to us. If tomorrow GitHub stops being useful or a new, better service appears, we will migrate. Migrating is easy enough.

And, to be clear, the usual ML-based workflow still works and GitHub is not stopping us from using it.

Pulling GitHub into the kernel process

Posted Jun 24, 2021 14:58 UTC (Thu) by oever (guest, #987) [Link] (4 responses)

Migration is not easy. All issues and pull requests are tied to GitHub user accounts. All 'stars' are tied to GitHub user accounts. These cannot be moved.

GitHub has a lock-in by login.

Using email for development removes the information intermediary.

Any web based front-end that uses cryptographically signed issues, PRs, 'stars' and other contributions where the private keys are not part of the website would be fine.

Pulling GitHub into the kernel process

Posted Jun 24, 2021 15:43 UTC (Thu) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (3 responses)

Stars are pretty meaningless to workflows, so that doesn't seem all that important. Yes, issues and PRs being attributed to user accounts makes it harder to find out who to contact about it once moving, but that's the case if someone changes their email address (say, employment change, de-Googlification, or whatever).

In any case, the important bits are still retrievable just as easily in an email workflow. Using that information can be easier or harder depending on circumstances, but there's no guarantee that any of that works in an arbitrary future anyways.

Pulling GitHub into the kernel process

Posted Jun 24, 2021 20:52 UTC (Thu) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link] (2 responses)

> In any case, the important bits are still retrievable just as easily in an email workflow.

Depends whether you consider the code review important or not.

Pulling GitHub into the kernel process

Posted Jun 24, 2021 21:08 UTC (Thu) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (1 responses)

I'm not sure what you mean. What is not retrievable via the API about a GitHub (or GitLab) review that you're referring to?

Pulling GitHub into the kernel process

Posted Jun 26, 2021 12:54 UTC (Sat) by andyc (subscriber, #1130) [Link]

I interpreted his comment as "code review over email doesn't work", projects like the very one we're discussing! puts that idea to rest.