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Re:Radicle: A peer-to-peer alternative to GitHub by simias on Saturday December 05, 2020 @09:42AM (#25314849)
I've installed the "upstream" client but I must say that I'm a bit confused. I imported a couple of git repositories that ended up on http://seedling.radicle.xyz/, so I thought I did it right, but then if I try to add projects from that very page it keeps searching and never finds anything (they're stuck in "keep looking" mode).

Also I don't see how you can create issues. Is it not implemented yet?

It's an interesting project but it feels like very early alpha-grade to me. The client gives very little feedback on what's happening and what you can do.

Re:Radicle: A peer-to-peer alternative to GitHub by xla on Saturday December 05, 2020 @09:53AM (#25314943)
This is really helpful feedback. Especially the part about not getting enough feedback during operations. And yes social features like issues and PRs have not been the focus in this release, as we focused on replication. If you are looking for more help you can join the community matrix and we take it from there: https://docs.radicle.xyz/docs/using-radicle/join-the-communi...
Re:Radicle: A peer-to-peer alternative to GitHub by simias on Saturday December 05, 2020 @11:30AM (#25315734)
Thanks for the feedback on my feedback. My recommendation would be to make a very simple tutorial (maybe even a video) walking the user through checkouting a remote project, publishing their own and start hacking while explaining the core concepts. The docs are pretty good from what I see, but when you're just starting and you don't know what you're looking for it's a bit overwhelming I thought.
Re:Radicle: A peer-to-peer alternative to GitHub by erk__ on Saturday December 05, 2020 @12:28PM (#25316327)
It seems that it is sadly only built for AppImage and MacOS neither of work on any of my current machines. Though I guess it just means that I have to figure out how to build it myself.