Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20 2019, Eric Wong wrote: > > Yup, .org TLD renewal costs will likely go up and I won't pay > > higher costs to keep .org domains. > > > > The system running public-inbox.org (and the recommended > > onions(*)) will stay running and will have bleeding edge > > code on it. > > > > > > * Accessible via Tor, no need to depend on registrars: > > http://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/ > > http://ou63pmih66umazou.onion/ > > http://czquwvybam4bgbro.onion/ > > I think it would make sense for the Git SFC arm of things[1] to consider > taking over the public-inbox.org domain rather than letting it expire > (of course contingent on your approval) and turning it into a CNAME (or > other redirect) for lore.kernel.org. There's also https://public-inbox.org/meta/ and other (FLOSS-related) mirrors and the root landing page itself. > We have a lot of mailing list and some (~130 commits) git.git commit > references to that domain. It seems like a worthwhile expense to me to > pay for the renewal of it rather than having it turn into e.g. some spam > landing page as the registration expires. One feature I'd like to see in public-inbox and even git porcelain and web viewers is the ability to rewrite URLs on the client-side, similar to .mailmap. It would make sense they all share the same configuration. > 1. Disclaimer: I'm one of the people who'd vote on making that decision > if it came to that, but this E-Mail is, as they say, just like, my > opinion, man :) Fwiw, I intentionally keep the branding of the public-inbox project weak (no trademarks, logos, real homepage) because I believe strong branding and consolidation of influence/identity leads to centralization. It's easier to fork projects when there's no logos, trademarks or other branding to deal with. I also believe the term "public inbox" is a much more powerful idea than any project could be. To that end, I'm happy SourceHut (and maybe others) also use that term. The "public-inbox" project is just one cheapskate's anti-consumerist interpretation of that idea :> I pretty much say whatever I can to sabotage my own credibility as a result. I'm also shy and introverted, so branding and good marketing does not compute :P
