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OpenSSL goes GitHub only (openssl.org)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We’re no longer using our old ftp, rsync, and git links for distributing OpenSSL. These were great in their day, but it’s time to move on to something better and safer. ftp://ftp.openssl.org and rsync://rsync.openssl.org are not available anymore. As of June 1, 2024, we’re also going to shut down https://ftp.openssl.org and git://git.openssl.org/openssl.git mirrors.

GitHub is becoming the main distributor of the OpenSSL releases.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I don't know why you are trying to paint the picture that everything except GitHub is extremely unstable and makes everyone unproductive. It's definitely not the case, I can tell you that from years of experience in both corporate and FOSS software development. Haven't heard from any project that migrated from GitLab/Codeberg/sourcehut to GitHub, it's always the other way around. I often see abandoned GitHub repos with links to new repos on Codeberg or sourcehut. Because people don't want to use Microsofts proprietary garbage. And somehow they don't have any issues with suddenly being unproductive after switching away from GitHub.

They already index everything using bing…

Bing is such a piece of shut (just like most other Microsoft software) that I actually forgot it existed, because no normal person on this planet uses it

Yeah… Sure… Every developer I know these days except one uses VSCode

What programming language do you use? JavaScript?

Microsoft actually contributes a lot to open source

For example? Name a full FOSS microsoft program that can be used on it's own. Most of the things I see on github.com/microsoft are just some obscure libraries or other developer tools that no one uses. Sure, VSCode. But the build you can download from Microsoft's website isn't even FOSS. They don't offer downloads for Code - OSS. The new Windows terminal? Only usable on the otherwise completely proprietary, bloated, ad-infested, data-extracting Windows operating system. Terminals aren't used by most people either, I think I could almost call this a developer tool. The Windows Calculator? Wow, what a great contribution to the FOSS world. And meanwhile they make billions from selling proprietary software. Microsoft never truly supported the FOSS community and likely never will.

Cool… I’ll just leave this here: https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/0-click-gitlab-hijacking-flaw-under-active-exploit-with-thousands-still-unpatched/

No software is perfect. Just look at all of the critical vulnerabilities Windows has had, EternalBlue (CVE-2017-0144) is a perfect example.

It’s their decision…

Of course it's their decision, but it's my right to criticize it, because I think it's a bad decision.