On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 09:54:24AM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> Henryk Paluch via devel venit, vidit, dixit 2026-08-21 09:31:46:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'm thinking about taking over few packages (to fix broken Avocado-VT
> > stuff) but I'm already confused at start with contradictory statements
> > on Pagure obsolescence.
> >
> > On https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-next-for-pagure-io/ it says:
> >
> > > Pagure itself as a project is hosted on pagure.io,
> > > and that service is going to be decommissioned at the
> > > end of July 2026.
> > > ...
> > > Note: Do not expect to be able to log in to pagure.io after July 2026.
> >
>
> It's no surprise that you're confused. That's the result of overly bold
> statements like "our new home" and misleading naming like "on pagure",
> "our forge". Classical communication failure.
>
> "pagure" is a platform technology, and such is "forgejo".
>
> We used to use two instances of pagure:
>
> - one for our package sources (spec etc), often called "dist-git"
> (that name has its own history), living at src.fedoraproject.org
>
> - one for other Fedora/packaging related stuff, in particular packaging
> tools, new package request tickets, SIGs. This used to live at
> "pagure.io" because how better to confuse people than naming the thing
> by the tool that happens to be used?
>
> The second one has been migrated to a forgejo instance, living at
> forge.fedoraproject.org.
>
> Yes, why not repeat the same mistake, at least half-way ("forge"), and
> make it worse because tons of people speak of "dist-git" as the "source
> forge", "dist-git forge" etc since "forge" is a generic term for a home
> for repos of any kind?
>
> So, "dist-git" is still at src.fp.o and running "pagure". There are
> plans to migrate to a "forgejo" instance, but this still requires quite
> some work. Once it's done, we will have two forgejo instances which both
> are "forges of git repos" and which both will host source code and other
> packaging related material. One will be named forge.fp.o. Would you
> guess which one, if you didn't know the above?
>
Yup, clear as mud, and always has been, even before the introduction of
the new forge.fp.o, this was confusing as hell.
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