Ok, I buy that reason for leaving the ASF controlled mechanism. On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 2:16 PM Chris Hostetter <hossman_luc...@fucit.org> wrote:
> > : Is there any reason at all that we need to hold on to JIRA? ASF allows > : us to move all issue handling over to GH, I'd like us to consider such a > : move. > > In my opinion, migrating from JIRA to Github "issues" would be a terrible > idea. > > I have no objections to the goal of "encouraging" and "facilitating" > contributions via github from people already using github -- but making > github the defacto (or *sole*) way to participate and contribute code > means pressuring people into accepting the github TOS (not just > now, but whatever those might be in the future) as well as making it > virtually impossible for people to participate if they are in locations > github has decided to block (ie: Iran, Syria, and Crimea ATM + whomever > else the US decides to sanction down the road) > > Opening up, or expanding, pathways for participation is one thing -- > I'm all in favor of that (even if I personally can't stand those avenues). > > But *closing* existing path ways that are currently entirely "open" and > "free" to anyone that wants to participate w/o any limitations or TOS > other then "Provide an ASF controled and owned website with an email > address" ... that's just sad. > > > -Hoss > http://www.lucidworks.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > -- Anshum Gupta
