Re: GitHub Development Platform for GNOME

[Carlos Soriano <csoriano protonmail com>]

Hello Walter,

Yes, using non-free software for something as important as our infraestructure is problematic for most of the GNOME community. GitHub is not a feasible option for the time being. Other alternatives that are free software can be and are being taken into account, and that's the path we should lead.

Best regards,

Carlos Soriano

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Subject: GitHub Development Platform for GNOME

Local Time: April 9, 2017 9:44 PM

UTC Time: April 9, 2017 7:44 PM

From: waltervargas linux com

To: desktop-devel-list gnome org

I want to share my humble opinion and thoughts about GitHub/GitLab:

I get worried about the long-term viability of the GNOME project after running

an iteration over OODA Loop (observe, orient, decide, act)[1].

Canonical's recent decision about not maintaining unity for Ubuntu makes it

quite clear that Desktop is not the priority anymore, IoT and Mobile are the

priority now, and now GitHub is the world leading development platform.

Since the primary goal is to provide a developer experience that does not act as

a barrier to new contributors, Should we be more pragmatic about that and

reconsider GitHub as an option?

Is it a dogmatic foundational decision not to evaluate GitHub because it is not

Free Software?

Kind Regards

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop