starman@programming.dev to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoIt is important for free software to use free software infrastructuredrewdevault.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down12
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minus-squareYIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoI have no idea how this wasn’t a lower hanging fruit. If theres one social service I want federated, its a git server.
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoThese are large existing code-bases that where developed without federation in mind. Gitlab also started working on AP federation, but like with Forgejo it looks like a multi-year project that it involves a lot of refactoring of the code.
minus-squareYIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoI suppose I meant so far as priorities, I wasn’t clear. Hosting OSS seems like it would be one of the first things to federate imo.
minus-squareViaFedi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoA central search engine would be a great start. Search across gitlab, github, codeberg etc.
minus-squareSpedwell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoWhat even is federation in the context of a distributed vcs like Git? Does it mean federation of the typical dev ops tools (issues, PRs, etc.)?
I have no idea how this wasn’t a lower hanging fruit. If theres one social service I want federated, its a git server.
These are large existing code-bases that where developed without federation in mind. Gitlab also started working on AP federation, but like with Forgejo it looks like a multi-year project that it involves a lot of refactoring of the code.
I suppose I meant so far as priorities, I wasn’t clear. Hosting OSS seems like it would be one of the first things to federate imo.
A central search engine would be a great start. Search across gitlab, github, codeberg etc.
What even is federation in the context of a distributed vcs like Git? Does it mean federation of the typical dev ops tools (issues, PRs, etc.)?