@TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to Firefox@fedia.io • 2 months agoFirefox is now officially hosted on Github!github.commessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down10cross-posted to: programming@beehaw.orgprogramming@programming.devfirefox@lemmy.worldfirefox@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1107arrow-down1external-linkFirefox is now officially hosted on Github!github.com@TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to Firefox@fedia.io • 2 months agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: programming@beehaw.orgprogramming@programming.devfirefox@lemmy.worldfirefox@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareBoomkop3linkfedilink25•2 months agoThat’s the version control system, not the hosting platform. They didn’t need to go with microsoft
minus-squareEager Eaglelinkfedilink15•2 months agoGitHub is the most popular forge, if they want people to contribute, it’s a clear favorite.
minus-squareBoomkop3linkfedilink6•2 months agoThat’s a more sensible reason. Now if only they could shake their dependence on google
minus-square@hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilink5•2 months agoContributions will still go through phabricator rather than GitHub. GitHub does still give their greater visibility than elsewhere, though.
That’s the version control system, not the hosting platform. They didn’t need to go with microsoft
GitHub is the most popular forge, if they want people to contribute, it’s a clear favorite.
That’s a more sensible reason. Now if only they could shake their dependence on google
Contributions will still go through phabricator rather than GitHub. GitHub does still give their greater visibility than elsewhere, though.