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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 2, 2024, 16:41 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqcytevmwq.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <008b01da55eb$9f3c36d0$ddb4a470$@nexbridge.com>

<rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:

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>>Did you consider to rather read the list through gmane.comp.version-control.git
>>nntp newsgroup?
>>
>>This way you get only very specific mails in your mail-box, those where you are
>>explicitly CC'ed, and you usually get more support for structuring from NNTP
>>readers than from mail clients.
>
> Google is dropping Usenet NNTP updates on 22 Feb 2024. I would
> love that idea, but it has a limited lifespan.

You do not have to read NNTP newsgroup via Google Groups, which has, but will be ending, support to gateway between them. The suggestion was to read these articles over NNTP instead of subscribing to the list, which does not involve anything Google would (or wouldn't) do.