curious: why use own hosting rather than github?

[Isabelle]

> If a contributor is not willing to subscribe to a mailing list it
> may just be a "meteorite" and not really bound to stay in the long
> run.

Reminder that "meteorites" are also important for the project, as they
are also often users who find a bug / want to fix just one thing and
not developers.

Am Do., 21. Mai 2020 um 10:31 Uhr schrieb Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io>:
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 09:12:09AM +0200, Christian Weiss wrote:
> > Just for the record:
> > I vote for github.
>
> FWIW: I vote for stay away from github :)
>
> If a contributor is not willing to subscribe to a mailing list it
> may just be a "meteorite" and not really bound to stay in the long
> run.
>
> That said, a footer on these mailing list messages, pointing to
> the official website would help :)
>
> > You lost me. I will rejoin when you are on github.
>
> This is really not the way one "joins" a community.
> It's like saying: "I want to be your friend, but can't,
> because you're not on Facebook. Call me back when you are".
>
> I hope you are at least getting payed by GitHub Inc for this
> onboarding campaign!
>
> --strk;