Samvera Tech Call 2021-01-13
Meeting Logistics:
Time: 9:00am PDT / Noon EDT
ZOOM connection: https://notredame.zoom.us/j/94030214208
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Agenda
(meeting notes below)
Is it time to move on from GitHub? (@tamsin johnson)
Hyrax 3.0.0 rc3 and release plans (@tamsin johnson)
StaleBot (@tamsin johnson)
Moderator: @tamsin johnson
Notetaker: @Chris Colvard (Deactivated)
Attendees:
@Jeremy Friesen (Notre Dame)
@Collin Brittle (Emory)
@Chris Colvard (Deactivated) (Ubiquity Press)
@Juliet Hardesty
@tamsin johnson (UC Santa Barbara)
@Lynette Rayle (Cornell)
Anna Headley (Princeton)
@Rob Kaufman (Notch8)
you!
Meeting Process
Notes
Is it time to move on from GitHub?
Samvera has used GitHub for many years
GitHub corporate practices have caused times to pause and think about continued use of GitHub:
Employment issues come up at least once a year
Tom Preston Werner ouster
Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) contract
Blocking an Iranian developer, then back-pedaling (https://github.blog/2021-01-05-advancing-developer-freedom-github-is-fully-available-in-iran/). The framing is that they cut against developers, then take a stand and proudly say "No we stand with developers"
Reports of sexism or blocking of DEI efforts
Jeremy has written to helpers channel about this conversation and how it appears to run counter to community values
How to make voice heard?
Email GitHub as an individual
Ask your institution to talk with GitHub
Voices at all levels will help bring accountability
What do we do as a community?
Bring it to partners
Get community to talk to GitHub
What does with mean with respect to Code of Conduct?
Next partner call is February 12th
What should developers recommend we do?
What alternatives exist?
GitLab
Codeberg
How do we do due diligence on what we'd move to?
Is there anything that GitHub could do that would make us not want to move?
Working group to explore this and provide messaging to help bring community along with process
Similar to Branch Renaming WG
Jeremy will send an email to Samvera email lists; will not write up WG charter
Hyrax 3.0.0 rc3 and release plans
Version bump merged yesterday
Release will be cut shortly
1-2 weeks for testing
If all looks good then it will be Hyrax 3.0.
Nurax? QA Process?
Will try to deploy somewhere for testing
Not full QA process but at least a quick test of things already fixed
StaleBot
Will be discussed over email or next tech call
Next meeting in 2 weeks:
Moderator: @Lynette Rayle
Notetaker: @tamsin johnson