Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> writes: >> I really do hope Anubis is reconsidered, since I am beginning to feel >> like these issues will never be fixed otherwise... :( > > Is Anubis the culprit for these problems?
Sorry, should have clarified. You are probably thinking of GNU Anubis. No, the culprit is probably the typical bot scraping. I am referring to a anti-bot program placed infront of web servers that has a client solve a challenge before accessing the actual site [1]. It is used by sourceware.org, kernel.org, and many others. Previously the FSF chose not to use it because it uses JavaScript to run a proof-of-work challenge [2]. However, sourceware.org uses a metarefresh challenge (no JavaScript) which seems to work successfully [3]. Meanwhile, I feel like the situation with gnu.org has not improved much. It is quite frustrating having to repeatedly wait for mailing lists to load, only for them to timeout half of the time. It is certainly something that dissuades new would-be contributors from participating. And existing contributors likely feel the same way as some projects have begun moving to codeberg or have considered it [4][5]. Collin [1] https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis [2] https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/our-small-team-vs-millions-of-bots [3] https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/configuration/challenges/metarefresh/ [4] Cannot load lists.gnu.org for references, but GNU Health and GNU Guix have switched. Not soley for uptime, but it was a stated benefit. [5] Likewise cannot load lists.gnu.org, Inetutils is considering it after ams voiced his frustration. P.S. I am sympathetic to disliking proof-of-work for the scam that is cryptocurrency. But it seems like a nessecary evil here. Also, I mean no disrespect to the FSF sysadmins and Savannah volunteers. My goal is for the situation to improve.
