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[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 month ago (4 children)

GitHub's layout is strange to me. Why isn't releases in the top nav bar with Code, Issues, PR, etc.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I know it doesn't address the issue for most people, but that and other things can be "fixed" with the refined GitHub extension.

The worst part IMO is that there used to be a "releases" button somewhere that got nuked. While "projects" is usually there, even though repos rarely use it.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's not just GitHub. Gitlab, Forgejo, etc., they all have releases hidden in a rather small tab instead of in a big obvious place where one might expect to see them.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Forgejo has it exactly where @BootLoop@sh.itjust.works is saying, though.

Like, yeah, it is still primarily a code hosting platform, but that doesn't mean the releases have to be in the most awkward place possible.

[–] Brahvim@lemmy.kde.social 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"Forge-JOE", not "Forge-GO", or "Forg-Joe" or "Forg-Go"...
I have always been confused by that name! Hahahahah!

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Interesting. Maybe they don't want to be an application hosting site to non-developer types by making releases easy to use.

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

They need to make it actively harder then because most devs with a site seem to just link direct to the release page. IMO, if that's the thought process then either make it intuitive or commit and lock it down to contributors or something.

[–] black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

I think the other ones are just copying github

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

On Gitlab, it's in the sidebar, in a submenu under "Deployment". It could maybe be pulled up a level, but I'd argue that's more findable than on Github

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Exactly!

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

Because GitHub really doesn't want to be the webhost for releases. They want you to spin up a website and provide downloads from your own server, and only link to github for the code.