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:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210112192403/https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-github-backlash-jewish-employee-termination-2021-1
- 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?
- Bring it to partners
- 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