Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft.
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There is no command
git issue create [hostname] [title] [description]and if there was such a command, it'd require authentication on the specific instance to prevent spam.You still need to create an account on each Forgejo instance to report a bug there...
And even, if you commit code or make a pull request... Git might be decentralized (you can develop with your friend independently from each other and merge it), but try to commit code to a GitHub project, GitLab instance or Forgejo instance without having an account there to authenticate yourself... It won't work.
You mean git inherently requires you to identify yourself?
Huh, shock
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I agree that it's already kind of decentralized, so I also added the word "federated" to my original post.
Okay, that makes it way more clear
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You mean git inherently requires you to identify yourself?
Huh, shock
I'm not sure what you are trying to say.
My point was from the beginning that I don't want to create 2 accounts when I report a bug a bug on Forgejo instance 1 and on instance 2.
The suggestion whether I have heard about git does not solve anything about that...
Some one else here mentioned that it's possible to login with Mastodon on each of the instance, which is the correct direction (allows to report a bug on both instances via an external account). Disadvantage is still: My 2 bug reports are not linked to each other, because there is no shared Forgejo profile, which would actually require something like federation.
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A country the USA doesn't like
Seems so arbitrary that they just block the entire project instead of the user in the sanctioned region.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Probably for the best, GitHub seems like a liability (to a lamen like me, anyway)
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If you push a secret key you should definitely generate a new one. Way to many bots out there that scan new commits for exactly that reason
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But isn't there a possibility to fetch data from official websites (like https://stau.info/ in Germany) around your place? It won't be as good as google, but better than nothing.
As long as it only pulls data and doesnt share any its not as bad. But each of these local services most likely use different APIs and formats, so implementing it wont be so easy. For just large highways its realistic imo, but if you want data for inside cities it becomes impossible.
If the database of traffic info become so large that it's impossible to download it all at once it means you have to selectively download data for your location/route which makes it possible to infer user location again.
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Microsoft literally had no choice.
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Russia is being sanctioned because of its aggressive war against Ukraine.
Microsoft aren’t the bad guys for enforcing international sanctions.
Sanctions are bullshit economic violence. This is a great example.
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Some contributer got flagged by US sanctions based on their IP, I think
Welcome to the "free world".
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Welcome to the "free world".
Russia is free to fuck off out of Ukraine, simple as.
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Sucks for Organic Maps but that's the FAANG.
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"US sanctioned region" is russia. The developer team fully consist of russian citizens, some of them are still in russia.
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Russia is being sanctioned because of its aggressive war against Ukraine.
Microsoft aren’t the bad guys for enforcing international sanctions.
So a person that happens to be iving in a sanctioned country, makes them banned? Bullshit
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Microsoft literally had no choice.
when you're a corporation with billions of dollars and US politicians cost millions on the high end, you can choose to do whatever you want.
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So a person that happens to be iving in a sanctioned country, makes them banned? Bullshit
Yes. That’s how sanctions work.
Part of the intention is to pressure citizens of the country for violating international law so they exert pressure on their governments to stop.
Another part is to remove the use of tooling to support the sanctioned nation.
Russia could stop the war and problem is solved. This isn’t Microsoft being the bad guy, this is Microsoft following international law.
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when you're a corporation with billions of dollars and US politicians cost millions on the high end, you can choose to do whatever you want.
It is still an unnecessary risk for them.
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We need something like Forgejo, but decentralized, like Lemmy. I don't want to create a new account for every Forgejo instance.
You know, git initially was that kind of thing where people would send diff commits on mailing lists. And that is perfectly decentralized! And there's no need for federation too.
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It is still an unnecessary risk for them.
true, but let's not pretend that they were without agency in this decision and in decisions leading up to the current context.
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Russia is free to fuck off out of Ukraine, simple as.
I’m sure there is a lot that the random developer who happened to be born in Russia can do about that.
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The issue tracker is usually the concern
How would decentralization work for an issue tracker? The issues have to be stored somewhere.
