Re: Migrate away from vger to GitHub or (on-premise) GitLab?

> Thank you for enlightening me and elaborating on all of these very
> important facts!
> 
> Just to make sure: So "git" is considered part of the kernel? And the
> "git documentation" is considered part of the kernel, too?

> Shouldn't these topics be separated then into separate repositories,
> particularly the git documentation?
> 
> For people like me, who are contributing to dozens of documentations
> on GitHub (and GitLab) … We don't focus on the kernel alone. We
> receive dozens of important technical, business and financially
> important e-mails from different sources day by day. So, people like
> me need some modern, common channels/tools for contributing. (If
> contribution is considered helpful and valuable by the kernel team at
> all.)

> With todays platforms, issues can be created by e-mail and e-mails
> will be received with each issue update. It's even possible to upload
> patches via REST services. No web browser required. So this would keep
> mailing list users acquainted to their habit.
> 
> Setting up a local (on-premise) GitLab or Azure DevOps server for
> long-term use should not be impossible. I'm running each of these
> myself. Once installed on-premise, the installation wouldn't be bound
> to any continuous support. All it needs is a provider for keeping the
> server machine running.