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Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by crote on Saturday August 16, 2025 @11:30PM (#44928631)
It is quite common for larger open-source organisations to self-host their repositories and issue trackers. After all, they would quite literally stop existing if Github were to do an oopsie. Voluntarily putting the keys of your entire existence in the hands of a third party isn't exactly an attractive option.
Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by talles on Saturday August 16, 2025 @11:35PM (#44928644)
"Literally stop existing"? Having broken links and notifying everyone when a migration happens is for sure a hassle, but migrating a git repo is the easiest thing in the world.

That's kinda the whole point of a distributed VCS.

Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by rogerrogerr on Saturday August 16, 2025 @11:42PM (#44928662)
Migrating the repo is easy, migrating issues and MRs and whatever other ancillary features you’re using is not.
Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by necovek on Sunday August 17, 2025 @12:20AM (#44928834)
I invite you to migrate all your GH workflows to GitLab pipelines as the "easiest thing in the world" as an exercise for the reader.
Re:FFmpeg moves to Forgejo by bapak on Saturday August 16, 2025 @11:44PM (#44928669)
Pretty sure GitHub will go out of their way to avoid mishandling such important projects (i.e. they'll reach into their backups if things go awry)