It could be much worse.
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2024
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Yeah... It could be.. OP could have checked their facts for starters
Not sure how they got so many votes. i literally just tested Discussions and wiki in private browsing mode on a few repos and they work.
Because after placing code search through the login wall, and everything that is copilot it can really be expected that something like this happens. That you don't see it does not tell much, as companies large like this are making good use of A/B testing.
There was also a partial outage 2 days ago. So That they did see it that day doesn't say much either.
The reality is, hosting your own repo is a pain, and developers are looking for stability. It's also not cheap to host source code, and Microsoft are doing it for free for open source projects
They also need to handle dodgy usage of the hosting too (which they've successfully been doing).
And again, if op wants to migrate, that's up to them. I don't care about code search though for people who aren't logged in so I wouldn't move, especially since if they don't have a login, they're not contributing anything anyway
I used to host code on source forge 20 years ago using CVS, and they were free but wouldn't even let you delete any code you uploaded.
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Not sure how they got so many votes.
Social media loves a good roasting.
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Yeah. The funny thing is that the other guy who made a HUGE deal about the search thing and how it was bad for open source didn't even have many commits over the years
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I don't really feel like self-hosting a Git instance is a good idea for me personally, but I've been really happy with Gitlab for around 8 years now
They also added some crappy requirements to their student benefit package.
Are you trying to get people to use it, or trying to get people to accidentally keep paying a subscription?