Re: [PATCH] Updating homepage to point people to pagure for development.

[bill-auger]

On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:32:54 +1100 Yuchen wrote:
> based on the ethical 
> repository criteria[1] it would probably get an F for failing C0, 
> because with LibreJS on I couldn't register a new account, nor 
> could I create a pull request.

pagure deserves some defense - the pagure devs have stated
willingness to accept any and all patches for librejs -
pagure.io logins are managed by fedora though - those are the
folks who would need to be convinced to adapt for librejs, if
pagure.io fails C0 for that reason

the C0 question is essentially:
* does any important functionality require non-free software?
  strictly speaking, a complete API satisfies C0, naturally;
  but not for the registration process

example of important functionality:

* can i register with librejs? No.

IMHO, C0 is satisfied if either of the following such questions
are true of each important feature (register, open a PR, etc)

* can i ___ without JS, or without a web browser? Yes.
  the pagure API supports authenticated pull-requests
  it is a (non-web) interface to all important features
  (using the 'curl' web browser)
  https://pagure.io/api/0/#pull_requests-tab

* can i ___ with librejs in a web browser? No.
  normally, the cause can be upgraded remote dependencies,
  but the librejs licenses table(s) were neglected - a routine
  maintenance task - the fixes would be tiny and accepted

in short, i dont believe that C0 requires all important
features to be exposed via the web interface - a complete API
makes C0 a moot point, naturally

a trivial example: the VCS server - the VCS server is an
important feature (if not THE most important) - the forge is not
expected to expose all functionality of the VCS server via the
web inteface, nor to mimic a VCS client - i interpret C0
broadly, enough to allow any of all important functionalities
to be satisfied by any mechanism operated by the same host -
it is not important to me if all functionality is supported via
the web interface, as long as it is possible, using some libre
tool (eg: the 'git' or 'curl' programs)