In #409 we discussed a way to hint users through Codeberg, with links to the Docs here and there and also nicely asking to follow the ToS here and there, especially when creating repos (and telling they should not eat up all disk space, contain a license file etc).
Transfer:
It might be an interesting idea to work out a 👉 hint system for users to tell them things where they need it. Take a private repo for example, we could say "Hey, please be aware that private repos are meant to prepare releases to the public only" or something like this. This could be extended from "Hey, don't forget to add a licence" on the first repo (or repos without detected licence) to some welcoming messages for new users about checking out the docs etc.
I think, this could become quite annoying if exagerated, so we could break down this idea into some scriptable or at least definable announcement system. ⏬
- show a "Welcome 💙" messages for new users and link to some getting started guide
- users who are active for a year could be asked whether they already considered joining Codeberg
- people could be tagged for extreme resource usage - and told "Hey, don't eat up all our disk space in personal projects" or "Want to store more Gigs than everyone else? Consider a donation to make this possible 💸"
- users which haven't been logged in for a while could be welcomed back
- on extreme productivity spikes, we could show a user some "Big thank you 🤗" or some "Hold on, you're on a commit streak 🚝" if they are contributing steadily
- etc ...
One idea was to create hints on the repos.
@hw:
I would like a banner helping people when they need help: tell them if license files are missing, tell them about problematic (non-free/non-derivative/non-enforcable/...) licence choices, and potentially unintended resource abuse (big hidden repos, repos containing only large binary blobs, etc).
Another idea could be to create a Codeberg bot with a fancy name refering to mining or something like that, that opens issues in repos alike "Welcome, don't forget to add a licence" or "Oh, you eat up a lot of disk ..." and stuff like that. It could add much more explanation than a simple help message, it can be implemented using external tools and it could be made in a funny way.
In #409 we discussed a way to hint users through Codeberg, with links to the Docs here and there and also nicely asking to follow the ToS here and there, especially when creating repos (and telling they should not eat up all disk space, contain a license file etc).
Transfer:
> It might be an interesting idea to work out a 👉 hint system for users to tell them things where they need it. Take a private repo for example, we could say "Hey, please be aware that private repos are meant to prepare releases to the public only" or something like this. This could be extended from "Hey, don't forget to add a licence" on the first repo (or repos without detected licence) to some welcoming messages for new users about checking out the docs etc.
>
> I think, this could become quite annoying if exagerated, so we could break down this idea into some scriptable or at least definable announcement system. ⏬
> - show a "Welcome 💙" messages for new users and link to some getting started guide
> - users who are active for a year could be asked whether they already considered joining Codeberg
> - people could be tagged for extreme resource usage - and told "Hey, don't eat up all our disk space in personal projects" or "Want to store more Gigs than everyone else? Consider a donation to make this possible 💸"
> - users which haven't been logged in for a while could be welcomed back
> - on extreme productivity spikes, we could show a user some "Big thank you 🤗" or some "Hold on, you're on a commit streak 🚝" if they are contributing steadily
> - etc ...
One idea was to create hints on the repos.
@hw:
> I would like a banner helping people when they need help: tell them if license files are missing, tell them about problematic (non-free/non-derivative/non-enforcable/...) licence choices, and potentially unintended resource abuse (big hidden repos, repos containing only large binary blobs, etc).
Another idea could be to create a Codeberg bot with a fancy name refering to mining or something like that, that opens issues in repos alike "Welcome, don't forget to add a licence" or "Oh, you eat up a lot of disk ..." and stuff like that. It could add much more explanation than a simple help message, it can be implemented using external tools and it could be made in a funny way.