| github is still kind of friendly to noscript/basic (x)html browsers. I dunno how long it will last before $soft turns github into gitlab, namely explicitely hostile to noscript/basic (x)html browsers. I did move my repos to "free" basic git hosting services on the net. What would you need for today "development" (broad definition) of "popular" components: a web front end, an issue tracker, a mailing-list, a git server (ssh-ed write, http/https read). The web front end is static html. noscript/basic (x)html is beyond than enough for an "issue tracker" (cf bugzilla), including account creation (google javascript only-captcha is really nasty). The mailing-list would need to implement grey listing for subscription (which would be disabled once the subscription process is done). The naive usage of spamhaus lists by many sysadmins of email servers is really toxic for self-hosted ppl or users of small email services. The git server, well, the git server. This is significant upfront work, not to mention the maintenance with the permanent "attacks" from corpo/state-sponsored paid/brain-washed saboters to deal with. I understand why many devs are caving-in: they endup using those gitlab-like free and ready development hosting services because of the "path of least resistance".
This is a very toxic pitfall, because those hosting services forces ppl to use the absurdely huge and grostesquely complex google(blink/geeko) or apple(webkit) based browsers where noscript/basic (x)html browsers should be more than enough for most, if not all, core online development functions. |