GitLab, like any other platform, has been suffering from cryptocurrency abuse which has been resulting in more and more lock down of signups. There's a new bull wave in crypto so of course the abuse has ramped up.
However, I just confirmed that the phone number verification is risk assessment based like the other verification they have. If it prompts you for a phone number or even credit card to validate, it is because it thinks you are a high risk signup. I just made a new account with absolutely zero phone number verification prompt. Heh. There really is no good solution here because other "OSS platforms" completely ban CI from users that aren't verified projects due to cryptocurrency abuse, so forks don't get CI for example. GitHub otoh attracts a very toxic userbase which we don't want anything to do with. We already have to suffer the occasional drive-by fling of insults on Gitlab, but GitHub lowers the barrier to toxicity to the floor. Not to mention it's UI is very poor for large orgs and repos. On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 2:53 AM Eeli Kaikkonen <eeli.kaikko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 7:25 PM Seth Hillbrand <s...@kipro-pcb.com> 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 < >> devlist@kicad.org> 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 devlist+unsubscr...@kicad.org. > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/a/kicad.org/d/msgid/devlist/CAP0gFe8RpVE0REVGTR7_x%3DME3iW0s5xQCVXWks4%3DAWQiAmJg9A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 devlist+unsubscr...@kicad.org. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/kicad.org/d/msgid/devlist/CAJjB1qLk5Q2kKi6CWY1Aj7SLfCgCgVXKkfZdNCroJBga%3DhkqTA%40mail.gmail.com.
