curious: why use own hosting rather than github?

[J Rt]

+1.

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 10:38 AM Isabelle <hi at f2k1.de> wrote:
>
> > 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;