Sir_Cmpwn

Paywall workaround?

Yes, it was. Thanks, I edited it.

Thanks! That context is sorely needed in their web channels.

I don't understand, what changed? This was last updated on the 24th. They said they'll be re-evaluating it and returning later, but afaict they haven't made any statements about a blanket cancellation of the telemetry roll-out.

<disclaimer: founder of a GitLab competitor>

When a C-level fundamentally misunderstands the company's culture and the culture of their target audience, incompotence becomes presumable and maliciousness becomes possible, IMO.

There's just one rule which does it for me:

Thanks for your bug report! The next step is to submit a patch fixing the bug. If you need help, ask questions in our chat room at...

The same reason I start all of my projects: it didn't exist and I thought it ought to, so I made it.

There are lots and lots of reasons, but one advantage that comes to mind is that you're entirely in control of the data, you can just take your mail spool and leave for greener pastures whenever you want. You don't even need an export process, you already have all of the emails in your archive.

Off the top of my head, some things that people tell me they like include:

- The CI service, which distinguishes itself by being based on virtual machines instead of Docker, thus supporting foreign kernels like BSD and other cool things Docker can't do

- The lightweight design and lack of JavaScript

- The business model (see latest blog post on sourcehut.org)

- There's no proprietary enterprise version, everything is 100% bona-fide free-as-in-freedom software

- You don't need an account to participate, you can send patchsets and file bugs via email

- Pretty much the only good hosted Mercurial service

Less so in SourceHut's case, where all of the prices are basically arbitrary and the financials are public.

These are two of the major unsolved problems blocking the graduation of alpha to beta. The latter problem falls under single-sign-on, and the former problem falls under the project hub milestone. Rest assured, both are known and going to be taken care of, and part of why it's still considered an alpha. Your patience is appreciated :)

PGP mail seems to work afaict. Make sure your key is up-to-date, I might have edited it at some point to remove the expiration date.