Package for Void linux

[ghost]

Hi @jeancf

I packaged etcetera for Void linux. 😁

Updated to the latest version just a couple of hours ago! 🎉

xbps-install -S etcetera

Regards.

[jeancf]

Great! Thanks for letting me know. I will mention it in the README.md file.

[jeancf]

@cr6git Please note that I am moving this project over to gitlab. Please update your package to point to the new location.

Thanks!

[ghost]

OK!
In the recent days, I have noticed that many projects have left github.
I think I know the reason, but... I would be very interested to hear your opinion on these issues.
Feel free to send me an email if you want!
Void linux is currently in complete reorganisation, too (for other reasons).
I will update the package as soon as possible.

Regards.

[jeancf]

Thanks for asking my opinion

The issue raised by Microsoft's purchase of github is not so much about the evil things they could do to the projects hosted there a question of the general independence that OSS ought to have from any large organisation, corporation or state.

github had become the de-facto go-to place for most open source project, creating a single point of weakness / failure for a large chunk of the community if it disappeared. The takeover by Microsoft is an opportunity to reflect on how things should be done differently to ensure the independence of the community.

For what it is worth, I think federation based on a full open architecture is the way to go. self or small scale hosting sites can be joined together an achieve most of the benefits of a large centralized repository with a lot more resilience and independence. Think of the way Mastodon is organized. It is the story of unity in diversity.

Does that make sense?

[ghost]

void-linux/void-packages#385