Migrating the Dillo Web Browser Project from GitHub to Self-Hosted Infrastructure
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Summary
The article details the author's decision to migrate the Dillo web browser project from GitHub to a self-hosted solution with multiple mirrors. It explains the background of Dillo's original hosting on dillo.org with Mercurial repositories, outlines the problems with GitHub (including accessibility issues for Dillo users, proprietary nature, and concerns about Microsoft ownership), and describes the planned migration strategy to a self-hosted Git repository with mirrors on various forges like Codeberg, GitLab, and SourceHut.
Key quotes
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The original Dillo website was at dillo.org, which also had the source code of Dillo in a mercurial repository at hg.dillo.org.
GitHub is a proprietary platform owned by Microsoft, which raises concerns about long-term accessibility and control over the project.
The plan is to host the main repository on a self-hosted server and create mirrors on various forges like Codeberg, GitLab, and SourceHut to ensure accessibility.
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