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It’s not a neutral service though. The owner is very opinionated and likes to get involved in what projects are and are not allowed to be hosted there, and changes these rules on a whim.

In my eyes, this disqualifies Sourcehut for anything serious. You could get booted off any second, if Drew decides that he does not like you.

(I like Drew, and I like opinionated and outspoken people. But Service Providers should be neutral, and only involve themselves as far as required by law.)





I think Sourcehut is the more portable of Git forges. Everything is stored in standard formats, its workflow isn't anything bespoke but just a good automation for git send-email, and I believe the source code should be all published.

In my eyes, if this ever does become a problem, migrating elsewhere wouldn't be that much trouble. When the "cryptocurrency purge" happened, maintainers were given 2 months of advance notice, which is a little short but reasonable.

[0] https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurre...


Any recent/recognizable examples of this?

They’re on my radar as an alternative.

Thanks!


See my sibling comment. (TL;DR: they banned most cryptocurrency projects with 2 months advance notice)

That’s inconvenient - but balanced.



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