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@paulox I’ve not yet migrated a project away from GitHub but I’ve started few private ones already. Not quite ready to unveil anything public yet

@carlton Now I'm curious.

I've also done some experiments, tried aside from the profile repository.

Do you know of any Django or Python projects that have already migrated?

@paulox only allauth as you say. (Maybe there are others)

For me, I’m not likely to start a new project on GitHub anytime soon but I’m not quite ready to dedicate to time into shifting existing projects off. More pressing things to do.

It’ll come. Nice to be marking out the footpaths.

@carlton @paulox It's the contributors which concern me mostly. I've kept side-projects off GitHub for a while, but it's still my go-to for projects I want contributions for. Sadly, most contributors are still on GitHub, and anywhere else isn't going to benefit as much from "drive-by" contributions.

But I guess, someone has to make the first move...

@jake @paulox I’m pretty sure no-one contributed just because they were browsing on GitHub.

@pennersr reported that the contributors kept coming after moving allauth.

I think the “network effect” is FUD.

@carlton I also think the "network effect" is mostly FUD, but an unfamiliar platform definitely imposes some points of friction. Account creation and setup, Git configuration (without screwing up any existing stuff), user interface, accessibility workarounds... @jake @paulox @pennersr

@jscholes @jake @paulox @pennersr I might well view that as a positive. It’s increasingly obvious that GitHub driven development has many negatives. Encouraging “drive by” contributions is (at least) symptomatic of that.

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