Consider mirroring the repos to Codeberg

[throwaway-d]

Hello @DandelionSprout I have sent you an email but now I decided to make an issue with my throwaway account

📢 The Shortcoming

1. Codeberg is libre, free, open-source, privacy-friendly, non-profit
2. GitHub is privacy-invasive, proprietary
3. People on Codeberg like me can contribute to the project
4. GitHub can take down your repos

Here are some sources for you:

1. https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub
2. https://docs.codeberg.org/advanced/migrating-repos
3. Github is not humane tech. Move this to a freedom-respecting place humanetech-community/awesome-humane-tech#33
4. leave Github ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium#1894
5. https://cadence.moe/blog/2022-07-03-git-forge-opinions-github-gitlab-gitea-sourcehut
6. Migration to independent platform for provision of source code andersju/webbkoll#35

🔬 Describe the solution you'd like

I believe you should mirror your repos to Codeberg

ℹ️ FAQ

1. Q: - GitHub Actions -- this is a huge time saver for me
   - Forcing all contributors to modify their current setup and move to another hosting -- we may just lose contributors in the end

   A: As I said, we only just mirror. The repo will be available and contributable on both sites.

2. Q: - Transferring issues -- is this possible? Issues here represent a technical knowledge base we can't live without
   - Transferring wiki and all edit history -- possible?

   A: Yes, it is possible.
   a. Example for issues:

• Migration to independent platform for provision of source code andersju/webbkoll#35
• https://codeberg.org/dataskydd.net/webbkoll/issues/35
• [UI/UX] Simplification of the user interface for non-technical people andersju/webbkoll#33
• https://codeberg.org/dataskydd.net/webbkoll/issues/33
• Framed answers? - Locations zyachel/quetre#7
• https://codeberg.org/zyachel/quetre/issues/7

b. Example for commits:

• https://codeberg.org/dataskydd.net/webbkoll/commit/6ddfbc6c71ab92f754252dd4904cf49fb19672a6
• andersju/webbkoll@6ddfbc6

c. Example for wiki:

• https://github.com/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/wiki/Home/_history?page=2
• https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/wiki/Home?action=_revision

3. Q: Despite having mirror/s, the project will still continue to be operated from GitHub for development, so having yet another mirror doesn't solve anything.

   A: You can create issues, contribute, view the repos on there without going to GitHub! Example:

• https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect
• https://codeberg.org/LibRedirect/libredirect
• https://github.com/zyachel/quetre
• https://codeberg.org/zyachel/quetre

4. Q: How does Codeberg mirror comments from GitHub?

   A: It uses Access Token.
   

[DandelionSprout]

Although I have a history of doing CI/CD mirroring to various Git sites, and that I could on paper do the same for Codeberg:

Adblock list repos are the most bandwidth-intensive projects on Git sites by far (Especially if I were to list a Codeberg URL in uBlock Origin's assets.json), and I have my doubts as to whether the owner(s) of Codeberg would be prepared for such a massive bandwidth rate increase. I've also had individual projects be disabled on small sites before due to taking too much bandwitch (repo.or.cz) or due to site dev incompetence (NotABug).

[throwaway-d]

Oh.. I think you should directly ask https://docs.codeberg.org/contact/ about if they are ready for massive bandwidth rate increase.

[DandelionSprout]

As a result of the following aspects, I have decided to treat it as a wontfix for the next few months:

• Me having chronic fatigue that make me just barely able to handle core tasks in my life, let alone bonus activities or unforeseen problems.
• That I saw that the somewhat organised nature of the "Move to Codeberg" movement, made it ironically similar to advertising.
• A lack of currently known CDN services (e.g. what https://statically.io/ is) that support Codeberg.

I don't rule out that I may revisit this in the future, however, after I realised that Codeberg (and GitLab) support IPv6 while GitHub doesn't. Additionally, who knows what kind of odd changes GitLab would do to its "GitLab for Open Source Program" in the future that'd make GL unusable and necessitate a move of some kind.

[throwaway-d]

BTW, I wrote a separate repo about this: https://codeberg.org/Recommendations/Mirror_to_Codeberg