Re: Implementing Federation, Part I

I think it would be great to mirror the swicg repositories to codeberg.

However, I also think that as a W3C community group, we should use the 
GitHub platform as our primary repository, like other W3C groups do.

Evan

On 2024-01-02 7:32 p.m., Evan Prodromou wrote:

> I don't think it's self-evident.
>
> I don't believe SocialHub has a privileged position as the gatekeeper 
> to develop new CG standards.
>
> I think the FEP process is fine; it makes one good input stream for 
> extensions for AS2 and AP. But it's not the /only/ such input stream.
>
> In general, I appreciate SocialHub as a place for conversations. I 
> don't think it should be a necessary component in the workstream of 
> the CG.
>
> So, I'm -1 on Arnold's proposal.
>
> Evan
>
> On 2024-01-02 5:02 p.m., Dmitri Zagidulin wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 2:29 AM aschrijver 
>> <facilitator@humanetech.community> wrote:
>>
>>     I might add to this that on Codeberg the organisation
>>     https://codeberg.org/fediverse is affiliated to SocialHub
>>     already, and hosts the FEP Process. The SocialCG might be
>>     mirrored here, or even finds its home on Codeberg.
>>
>>
>> I totally agree with you, re Github vs Codeberg. I'd certainly prefer 
>> the latter, but I also recognize the sunk costs the community has in 
>> adopting GH.
>> And like you said, just mirroring SocialCG's github to Codeberg would 
>> be a great first step!
>>
>>     That would be in line also with the 3-stage Standards Process
>>     that I am much in favor of to guarantee an open and decentralized
>>     ecosystem for the Fediverse.  See:
>>     https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/3-stage-standards-process-guaranteeing-an-open-and-decentralized-ecosystem/3602
>>
>>     TL;DR this process is: Ecosystem --> FEP/SocialHub --> W3C
>>     SocialCG/WG
>>
>>     Despite the proposal being 3 months old, receiving positive
>>     reactions by multiple representatives of the SocialCG it hasn't
>>     been addressed here. Something I also mentioned in a recent
>>     reply:
>>     https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/3-stage-standards-process-guaranteeing-an-open-and-decentralized-ecosystem/3602/30?u=aschrijver
>>
>>
>> What do you mean by "hasn't been addressed here"? I personally think 
>> all the points you made there are very valid, and pretty much 
>> self-evident. What sort of thing would you like to see, in terms of 
>> addressing?