On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 7:25 PM Seth Hillbrand <[email protected]> wrote:
> GitLab is where all development happens. If their requirements are too > onerous then, while we are sorry to lose you, there are extremely limited > ways that you'll be able to be involved in KiCad at all. > On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 4:08 AM 'Rafał Pietrak' via KiCad Developers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hmmm... I just tried to setup an account there (on gitlab), and it asked >> me for a phone number "for confirmation" - that's unacceptable invasion >> of privacy. So, (regrettably) I'm not be able to join you there. >> >> BR. >> >> Rafał >> > This seems to be a new direction for gitlab, and people aren't happy with it. See for example https://www.reddit.com/r/gitlab/comments/182orq6/cannot_create_new_account_without_phone_number/. This affects KiCad and many other projects. New people won't even write bug reports because of this. I don't know what to think about this, my first reaction is anger and a suggestion to find another alternative for the KiCad project, no matter how difficult it is. Eeli Kaikkonen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KiCad Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/kicad.org/d/msgid/devlist/CAP0gFe8RpVE0REVGTR7_x%3DME3iW0s5xQCVXWks4%3DAWQiAmJg9A%40mail.gmail.com.
