**Software Archaeologist** @dashie@oldbytes.space · Jun 02, 2018, 08:21

**Software Archaeologist** @dashie@oldbytes.space · Jun 02, 2018, 08:21

Software Archaeologist @dashie@oldbytes.space

> make a forge
> close the forge
> want to buy github

:blobhyperthink:

**rysiek ✅** @rysiek@mastodon.social · Jun 02, 2018, 08:21

**rysiek ✅** @rysiek@mastodon.social · Jun 02, 2018, 08:21

@dashie MS wants to buy GitHub?

Oh boy.

**Software Archaeologist** @dashie@oldbytes.space · Jun 02, 2018, 08:21

**Software Archaeologist** @dashie@oldbytes.space · Jun 02, 2018, 08:21

@rysiek rumors for now, but lol yeah

**rysiek ✅** @rysiek@mastodon.social · Jun 02, 2018, 08:39

**rysiek ✅** @rysiek@mastodon.social · Jun 02, 2018, 08:39

@dashie

FLOSS community:
> hey let's put all our eggs in this one GitHub basket
> what could possibly go wrong
> GitHub is so convenient

Microsoft:

**Bernie** @codewiz@mstdn.io · Jun 02, 2018, 10:09

**Bernie** @codewiz@mstdn.io · Jun 02, 2018, 10:09

@rysiek @dashie Well, we also seem to be putting several eggs in the GitLab basket, and larger projects host their own GitLab instance.

**Bernie** @codewiz@mstdn.io · Jun 02, 2018, 10:10

**Bernie** @codewiz@mstdn.io · Jun 02, 2018, 10:10

@rysiek @dashie When it comes to git hosting, every developer still has a full copy of the history. There's minimal risk of lock-in.

Bug trackers are another story... do GitHub and GitLab let you export all bugs with comments?

**Daniel Gibson** @Doomed_Daniel · 2018-06-02T19:46:49Z

Daniel Gibson @Doomed_Daniel

@codewiz @rysiek @dashie
yes, github lets you export issues and comments. they can be easily accessed via an HTTP API exporting JSON, that should be reasonably easy to convert/import to other systems

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**Daniel Gibson** @Doomed_Daniel · Jun 02, 2018, 19:49

**Daniel Gibson** @Doomed_Daniel · Jun 02, 2018, 19:49

@codewiz @rysiek @dashie
I think the biggest issue with migrating away from gitrhub will be that many projects' official homepage is bla.github.io or github.org/bla/blub - having an official homepage with a domain you control would help and is totally possible while still using github (incl. gh pages)