Post #2482020

2026-05-12 15:06 UTC

Did you know that #Inkscape is the biggest project on #GitLab after the gitlab codebase itself? After moving from #launchpad and #bzr, we don&#39;t have the energy to move the project again. So it looks like we&#39;ll be putting up with whatever GitLab decides to do to us. A large complicated and, ingrown project like ours would need some very special attention to move. Unfortunately. #foss #Freesoftware #opensource

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@jbz@indieweb.social 2026-05-12 15:10

@doctormo@floss.social no biggie, we understand, keep up with the good work ✊

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@Cheeseness@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 15:11

@doctormo@floss.social That is a bummer. I don't imagine I have the kind of resources/attention the project needs, but any support that's within my power to offer, I'll do so. I know there's more involved than just getting repos moved, but FWIW, I know Codeberg has automated GitLab migration workflow (but haven't used myself yet) https://docs.codeberg.org/advanced/migrating-repos/#migrating-from-services

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@mray@social.tchncs.de 2026-05-12 15:12

@doctormo@floss.social Bummer. At least it isn't hosted at Microsoft. 👍

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@avuko@infosec.exchange 2026-05-12 15:31

@doctormo@floss.social hey @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de, think you have the community/ network to help this project out? The Lessons learned could be given back to other projects (or integrated into migration tooling, of course). Ps: I see others mentioning CI/CD setups tailored for Gitlab as a sticky problem.

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@jfgg@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 15:41

@doctormo@floss.social Stay strong, and thank you for your great work! ✊

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@bouncinglime@spanner.works 2026-05-12 15:47

@doctormo@floss.social totally understandable, if unfortunate. can y'all use that position to be vocal about how much their new policy sucks, tho? seems like Inkscape has the potential to be a very loud voice about that! 💜

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@bmaxv@noc.social 2026-05-12 15:48

@doctormo@floss.social Not saying this is "wrong", but what are the reasons for that, I would imagine that most data on such a forge is either just code or portable? So which parts are not easy to move and why? If you have the time to answer... it's just a little curiosity on my part.

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@mray@social.tchncs.de 2026-05-13 22:17

@doctormo@floss.social turns out #Inkscape is the only project that could even keep me there. Curiosity of knowing how long it'll remain there: sparked.

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