Linking Forgejo in upstream communication #128

fnetX commented 2023年01月25日 16:52:28 +01:00

Hi, this touches upon #110 and #114.

When evaluating Forgejo vs Gitea by looking at activity graphs, it looks like Gitea is much more active and has a greater community. This is not per se wrong, but amplified by the fact that many Forgejo interactions are forwarded to Gitea, but not vice-versa (only the resulting commits).

Looking at pull requests for Forgejo, it could even appear like we are only rebranding without working on the code itself.

Looking at upstream pull requests and forwarded issues, people I recognize don't seem to identify with the Forgejo community.

While it shouldn't be a strict rule, I think it make sense to point out that a pull request or issue report comes from the Forgejo community. This helps to spread awareness, as well as have a cleaner identification with the project (I love to see the people around here stand together even on the proprietary platform over there).

It might be perceived as aggressive advertisement or maybe even pressure ("If you don't accept this patch, Forgejo will consider dropping the relationships"). However, it should be clear that it is not meant this way, and I think it is only fair to credit our contributions to upstream.

Hi, this touches upon #110 and #114. When evaluating Forgejo vs Gitea by looking at activity graphs, it looks like Gitea is much more active and has a greater community. This is not per se wrong, but amplified by the fact that many Forgejo interactions are forwarded to Gitea, but not vice-versa (only the resulting commits). Looking at pull requests for Forgejo, it could even appear like we are only rebranding without working on the code itself. Looking at upstream pull requests and forwarded issues, people I recognize don't seem to identify with the Forgejo community. While it shouldn't be a strict rule, I think it make sense to point out that a pull request or issue report comes from the Forgejo community. This helps to spread awareness, as well as have a cleaner identification with the project (I love to see the people around here stand together even on the proprietary platform over there). It might be perceived as aggressive advertisement or maybe even pressure ("If you don't accept this patch, Forgejo will consider dropping the relationships"). However, it should be clear that it is not meant this way, and I think it is only fair to credit our contributions to upstream.

fsologureng commented 2023年01月25日 19:48:49 +01:00

This explicit acknowledgement of contribution has been absent also in the last two security incidents shared by both initiatives, carried out by Gitea in a comfortable anonymous thank you.

Forgejo is something of an illegitimate child of Gitea. As long as the child recognize her parent, but the parent does not recognize her child, it is very difficult to establish a healthy relationship.

This explicit acknowledgement of contribution has been absent also in the last two security incidents shared by both initiatives, carried out by Gitea in a comfortable anonymous thank you. Forgejo is something of an illegitimate child of Gitea. As long as the child recognize her parent, but the parent does not recognize her child, it is very difficult to establish a healthy relationship.