@f0x @vickysteeves git is, gitlab isn't

@odinsdream AND GitLab itself is open source!! They practice what they preach!!

get on it 😋

@pixelpaperyarn there are so many more services that integrate into GitLab though. Like, GitLab's CI is miles ahead of any other CI, and they provide so many producivity, containerization, and CI options (Kubernetes integration IN REPO now!).

Standards can change?

@pixelpaperyarn I will say, discoverability is about the only thing I see that GitHub has on GL.

@pixelpaperyarn @vickysteeves Yeah, an additional consequence of the critical mass thing is that the total amount of impact on people's lives that developers can have by way of developing with #GitLab in mind is low relative to developing for #Github because the number of GL users is currently low (think: `impact per person * num persons`), and total impact is rewarded/looked at more than `impact per person`. The investment in dev for GL might then be unworthy.

@bthall @pixelpaperyarn

I am not sure I buy this argument. What do you mean by "impact on peoples' lives?"

@vickysteeves @pixelpaperyarn Ah, so you know, though I suspect that people think the way I suggested, I don't think that it's the way they should think about it. Regarding the impact, I mean the degree to which using something that could be connected to either GL or GH, if not both, and I assume that this would be equal in either case, so the main thing considered would be the total that's produced by multiplying that constant amount by either service's numUsr

@vickysteeves @pixelpaperyarn The thinking from here is: If you consider adding support for GL to a service that currently supports GH, the cost associated with implementing that might greater than the benefits you'd get from just developing more stuff for GH users.

@amphetamine can you send me the announcement of google buying a chunk of them?? I duckduck'd it but can't find anything. The only thing that comes up is the Kubernetes integration.

I definitely agree we should encourage competition, especially when that competition practices what they preach (like GL being open source)

A small thing too -- GitHub has more than a sexist flap or two. Their institutional culture is mad sexist (according to MANY women out of GH).

@vickysteeves yea i'm still figuring out how vehement i wanna be about my politics on here..GH makes me pretty angry in that way and i know it and would never work for them or use them to store my projects, but i don't wanna be yelling at my friends either..

anyway the kubernetes stuff is pretty much a package deal with the funding, no doubt: http://www.businessinsider.com/gitlab-raises-20-million-from-gv-2017-10

not saying that's bad but i'm sure it was a string attached

@amphetamine I totally understand that RE: the politics on here. I still have a GH account, though I would never work there either.

Thanks for sending the link!! I

@mawr I forgot to mention in my original toot that GitLab itself is also OPEN SOURCE! They practice what they preach!!

Glad to open you up to GL -- I really, really love it. The continuous integration is MILES ahead of everyone else, too!!

@trevdev EVERYTHING on GitLab is free for individual users (to a very very reasonable level). Even Git LFS!! And the continuous integration is MILES ahead of every other service (and it's right in the repo!).

Definitely check it out!! I love love love it. I didn't mention in my original toot, but they practice what they preach -- GitLab ITSELF is open source.

The tiers in pricing is just for enterprise, not individuals.

@vickysteeves Well when you put it that way, it sounds much more inviting than their landing page.

This may be shameful for me to admit, but, there's so much going on when you first get to their website that I have literally no idea why I'd want to switch at all. I see a bazillion features that I'm not sure I need, or already get. I didn't even realize they were open source.

I feel like they need marketing help!

@trevdev I AGREE BIG TIME ON THAT ONE.

@Miredly yay!! I didn't mention in my original toot, but they practice what they preach -- GitLab ITSELF is open source, which is very cool. The continuous integration is miles ahead of any other service, too.

@MatejLach @vickysteeves I don't think ActivityPub is a good match for this at all. It is not a general-purpose federation protocol, it is very much tailored to microblogging

@f0x @vickysteeves @MatejLach Thinking about this further, maybe it is a good fit. More stuff would need to be added on top, but you would be able to send comments from Mastodon/Plemora, Boost a pull request, ...
Interestingly it would become a "pull request" more than a "merge request", then.

@remram44 @vickysteeves It's extensible via JSON-LD so it should be fairly doable. Effectively it's just about sending Activities like "Fork" etc.

@remram44 @MatejLach @vickysteeves except it's very much a general-purpose federation protocol, and not at all tailored to microblogging?

NextCloud uses ActivityPub to federate files and calendars.

https://nextcloud.com/blog/activitypub-the-new-standard-for-decentralized-networks/

@MatejLach @vickysteeves @zatnosk The ActivityStream language is tailored for "social activities", which I suppose does extend beyond micro-blogging 🤔 A merge-request is not that different from a post-with-comments with a link to the branch 🤔

@MatejLach that's a really interesting idea I truthfully hadn't heard before!!

@remram44 yeah, cannot deny that.