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68 points bitbasher | 5 comments | 15 Apr 25 02:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.827s | source

1. Meneth ◴[15 Apr 25 10:32 UTC] No.43691015[source]▶

I would suspect that if something is exclusively on GitHub, then it's not important.

There are many important Free Software projects such as GNU and Linux, and they've always stayed away from GitHub.

2. guappa ◴[15 Apr 25 12:19 UTC] No.43691666[source]▶

I always get sad when I read articles like "new open source trend!" that are done by scanning github.

All the important stuff is not on github. The open github is mostly used by unfinished test projects.

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3. maigret ◴[16 Apr 25 14:29 UTC] No.43706042[source]▶

How do you define the bar for importance? leftpad was certainly not deemed important by any means.

4. maigret ◴[16 Apr 25 14:32 UTC] No.43706075[source]▶

Probably not fully wrong but Kubernetes and Node are both on GitHub.

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5. bitbasher ◴[16 Apr 25 14:54 UTC] No.43706359{3}[source]▶

There are important projects on GitHub. There are important projects not on GitHub. Both of these statements are true.

The crux is in the former. Should important projects be on GitHub? Should any projects be on GitHub?

Important open source projects should not use GitHub (2020)