Re: About partecipation into the development of ISAR

["Roberto A. Foglietta" <roberto.foglietta@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 at 21:18, Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com> wrote:
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> Am Wed, 4 Jan 2023 19:03:44 +0100
> schrieb "Roberto A. Foglietta" <roberto.foglietta@gmail.com>:

>
> But you must not confuse "github" (or any other lock-in hoster) with
> git. Using plain "git" and "git-send-email" and a mailinglist for
> issues and reviews is the "best in class" when it comes to OSS. You are
> independent of any web-hoster, you can keep archives forever and switch
> providers as you like and see fit.

This is a very good point. However, we should remember that the
Ilibers' ISAR project is hosted on Microsoft GitHub not necessarily
the only storage or repository but for sure the official one and the
m-list is a Google Groups group. However, this is perfectly fine
because the m-list is not a strategic asset while having a local
backup automatically updated of a git repository is not such a burden.
So, the world will not end with the end of Microsoft nor Google, not
this part of the world at least.

I never said that {git, git send-email, m-list} are tools to abandon.
I said that companies need more sophisticated tools and their business
benefits greatly because of these tools. However, probably Ilbers has
its own project management suite - internally - with a tickets system
but shared only with those who bought the commercial support, I
suppose.

Finally, I love the idea of living in a cave with candles for the
light and a firecamp for cooking because one day civilization and
technology could fall apart and after all habits are hard to change
once you learn how to live with them despite they are so impairing
unless you expect that all the rest of the world will fit in this bill
as well, then good luck! Is this a reasonable analogy for "playing
hackers"? LOL

Best regards, R-