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Re:How GitHub replaced SourceForge as the dominant code host... by sdwr on Saturday March 30, 2024 @02:46PM (#39877508)
Death knell is the killing blow (or harbinger of?)

Death rattle refers to a rattling noise produced in the lungs with one's dying breaths.

Both applicable, death rattle is a little bit more appropriate though, because it's an action that sourceforge took.

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Re:How GitHub replaced SourceForge as the dominant code host... by cshimmin on Saturday March 30, 2024 @03:59PM (#39878083)
Literally, a death knell is a bell rung (esp by a church) to indicate someone has died. Figuratively it's an event that signals an end to something.
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Re:How GitHub replaced SourceForge as the dominant code host... by fsckboy on Sunday March 31, 2024 @06:49PM (#39888902)
as is a death toll the ringing of a bell signifying death.
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