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Author: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me>
Date:   Mon, 25 May 2020 15:36:09 +0200

My issue with Github (and Microsoft buying it): kbd+samp

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diff --git a/articles/My issue with Github (and Microsoft buying it).xhtml b/articles/My issue with Github (and Microsoft buying it).xhtml @@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ One true alternative to this that is used in real life is debbugs (used at debia <h2>Centralisation of Power</h2> <q>Never put all your eggs in the same basket</q> <pre><code> -/usr/portage $ cat metadata/timestamp.commit -932f2215d9f814c7ef2dd8de6593af58e2c16048 1537662482 2018-09-23T00:28:02+00:00 -/usr/portage $ grep -l 'github' -r */*/metadata.xml | wc -l -5194 -/usr/portage $ find */*/metadata.xml | wc -l -19549 -/usr/portage $ bc -l -(5194/19549)*100 -26.56913397104711238400 +/usr/portage $ <kbd>cat metadata/timestamp.commit</kbd> +<samp>932f2215d9f814c7ef2dd8de6593af58e2c16048 1537662482 2018-09-23T00:28:02+00:00 +</samp>/usr/portage $ <kbd>grep -l 'github' -r */*/metadata.xml | wc -l</kbd> +<samp>5194 +</samp>/usr/portage $ <kbd>find */*/metadata.xml | wc -l</kbd> +<samp>19549 +</samp>/usr/portage $ <kbd>bc -l</kbd> +<kbd>(5194/19549)*100</kbd> +<samp>26.56913397104711238400</samp> </code></pre> <p>So if I didn’t mess up the math there is at least over 26% of software in gentoo ports/packages that are more-or-less hosted on github. I think a better version could be obtained by incrementing one package if there is github in the metadata or the latest ebuild. It would be awesome if repology.org could have some stats on VCS providers usage btw.</p> <h2>Github is a bad interface</h2>