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Re:The Forge We Deserve by edent on Thursday June 18, 2026 @07:59AM (#48584031)
> A project’s issues and pull requests are only useful for that project.

I don't think that's always true. A bug in library A might be referenced in project B with a fix in fork C.

Yes, a hyperlink works to show you where to find info. But it doesn't alert you when a PR on C is merged by A meaning that B is now unblocked.

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Re:The Forge We Deserve by drdexebtjl on Thursday June 18, 2026 @08:11AM (#48584146)
Fair point.

That said, I don’t think that works well in a single centralized forge today either. Usually you still need A to actually make a release with the fix, which isn’t tracked by the issue/PR system.

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Re:The Forge We Deserve by edent on Thursday June 18, 2026 @11:37AM (#48587054)
I'm not sure. On GitHub I see plenty of bug reports which say "this is broken" with references to other repos. Those backlins are useful when someone does figure out the fix.

That said, I'm very much in favour of people and projects moving away from GitHub.

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