[Slackbuilds-users] stop mirroring to github~

[Shahab Vahedi]

I don't buy into this "it's happening eveywhere, so sit back and let go!" sort of attitude. Even before shit hitting the fans like this with the copilot, GitHub was not a good choice for mirroring, especially after it was acquired [1][2][3].

I switched to Slackware years ago, because I found its user base with a healthy attitude:  Having its own values rather than following the fads and succumbing to sensationalism. I liked, and still like, the distro, but stayed for the people. Specifically, for people on this mailing list.

But seriously, why is GitHub used? Is it because that it's gratis or have some sort of CI? I for one am willing to donate and/or contribute for setting up a CI on a federated server. Although I don't have much experience in that area yet.

-Shahab

[1]
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/jun/30/give-up-github-launch/

[2]
https://unixdigest.com/articles/important-open-source-projects-should-not-use-github.html

[3]
https://sanctum.geek.nz/why-not-github.html