Jesse V transcribed 2.9K bytes:
On 04/23/2016 11:37 AM, Karsten Loesing wrote:
Hello everyone,
as the subject says, I suggest that we retire Globe (currently available at https://globe.torproject.org/).
The main reason is that Globe is serving a similar purpose as Atlas (available at https://atlas.torproject.org/), which it was forked from several years ago. Neither Atlas nor Globe are actively developed, they only receive critical bug fixes whenever necessary. And thanks, Philipp and Isis, for doing that!
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Suggestions welcome, not only if you strongly object!
This is really unfortunate. I really, really like Globe. In my opinion, it looks better and more modern than Atlas. For what it's worth, I vote that we keep it running.
Please note that your view count may be skewed by the fact that there are some mirrors of Globe, such as https://globe.thecthulhu.com. Looks like that same domain also hosts a mirror of Atlas.
Hey Jesse,
Thanks for volunteering to be the new maintainer! I'll transfer all the Globe tickets over to you this afternoon. ;)
In all seriousness though:
- I despise Javascript. - There's more important things I can spend time on. - The build system is janky and broken (not to mention insecure due to NPM). - Removing our Globe service doesn't prevent the community from running mirrors, as it's open source and only requires open data from Onionoo. - We're not losing any functionality, because (as Karsten mentioned) Philipp and I have done features and bug fixes in tandem, often even re-componentising the same tickets between Atlas and Globe. - Why we ever had two of the same thing was always a mystery to me.
I vote for killing it.
Best Regards,