Re: Git Packaging Round 2: SHOULD Not or MUSt NOT Github

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Marco" == Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> writes:

    Marco> On Sep 16, Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> wrote:
    >> * Work to understand why people are using Github.  From my past
    Marco> For the same reason why most people are using Twitter instead
    Marco> of Mastodon: the community and network effect.  This is not a
    Marco> technical problem, so it cannot be solved by Debian.

    Marco> All my packages are on salsa except for the ones for which I
    Marco> am the upstream maintainer too, which I feel benefit more by
    Marco> being available on Github.

So, today, Github has less lockin potential because of the design of Git
and because of its role in the community.
I think that effective and easy to use bidirectional mirroring could be
an acceptable solution to your need for upstream collaboration.

--Sam