On 15/12/15 18:11, Brett Cannon wrote:
I'm sorry if this came off as a threat that I'm holding over people to scare them or it comes off as me trying to be a bully to people. I'm simply trying to make sure I get answers to this question which are truly sincere and the importance of the answer is properly communicated.
I don't like github. Centralization is a threat and I try to do as much as I can to counterbalance it. That Python developers helps github to get bigger even is something to be sad about.
I love Mercurial. I think that GIT is inconsistent and dangerous, and the only reason for its success is networking effect and services like github. I must say that I was proud of Python committers when the decision to migrate to Mercurial was done.
I have quite strong opinions about all this.
That said, I value Python a lot and my status as a core developer, even if my contributions are sparse. I want to help to improve the language and I enjoy to be part of the process.
Migrating to github, if it happens, WILL NOT stop my contributions at all, but for me is a lost battle against centralization, independence, and what Internet should be. Helping to grow a private business where WE would be the product, with a future plan/roadmap we don't have a word about and just to use a closed source product. Interestingly, git was created as a reaction to bitkeeper closed product... <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_%28software%29#History>.
I realize that my weight as a very low activity committer is minimal and I don't have an alternative proposal. Just voicing my disappointment.
PS: Given a migration to a closed service, I would rather prefer to migrate to bitbucket, even using GIT (puf!), just to help to keep alive a healthy competition to GitHUB.
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