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You can probably afford it! One thing that would be great is for projects to choose to adopt it without bridging (but I'm partial to decentralized behavior)

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I agree, it seems self-defeating that the tool is independently distributed but offers bridges.

I disagree. Bridges are a great on-ramp, as you can individually choose to adopt the tool without having everyone on the project (let alone users) agree to switch. It breaks the network effect. It's also a much needed migration path as you don't want to lose your project history. As a bonus, it's also a way to have backups, even if you keep using your centralized forge.

You know I'm a zealot! ... Imagine the day when that network effect is flipped and new projects start with git-bug and spin up a webui to allow the decentralized stragglers to participate.

In the interim, it would be cool if projects on GitHub (e.g.) would run the bridges as an action to keep GitHub issues synced with git-bug commits right in the repository.

EDIT: Of course the above implies we all learn to use git without a central serve too ... Something I'm not ready for either.

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