Re: GitLab feature request compared with SourceHut

[Ben Mezger]

> It would be nice to have the emacs vote of confidence in our services,
> in the strategic sense of mutual support between organizations which
> believe in free software.

Drew summarized what I've meant with "first move". Emacs migration
towards a service like sourcehut may contribute to the confidence
and motivation of other projects to follow a similar approach.

"Drew DeVault" <sir@cmpwn.com> writes:

> On Sun Aug 29, 2021 at 5:03 AM CEST, Richard Stallman wrote:
>> > Maybe if Emacs makes the first move, perhaps other projects may follow
>> > the same path.
>>
>> Sorry -- what is "first move" that is being proposed?
>>
>> We want to host Emacs on a GNU server, not someone else's.
>
> You can run the sourcehut software on GNU servers, it is 100% free
> software, mostly AGPL. I would encourage you to do so.
>
> However, I think that this is a rare case where you could also use our
> servers if you so desired. The software on our servers is not patched,
> it's the same free software you would run on yours. If you did some
> reading on sourcehut, I think you would find our philosophy quite
> compatible with GNU's ideals. It would be nice to have the emacs vote of
> confidence in our services, in the strategic sense of mutual support
> between organizations which believe in free software.
>
> SourceHut is a straight upgrade from the existing mailing lists, and
> supports the existing workflow almost 1:1, perhaps pending some minor
> enhancements around attachments. The web tools to accomodate the
> pull-request generation are at a prototype stage, but will be improved.
> The free software ethic is here to stay.


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Ben Mezger

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