Is it really, really required for Whonix to self-host any more webapps?
There’s no need to send a pull request to github. Sure, that’s neat but fully optional. Due to the distributed nature of git, any git branch posted to any git server anywhere worldwide would work. After notification here in the forums, I could locally add the git remote server, git fetch, git diff and consider git merge.
Git even supports creation of single file patch files which could be pasted somewhere here in the forums.
What’s the big advantage of a git (or any) server self-hosted by Whonix compared to any git branch in any git repository anywhere or git patch format? And is the extra effort really justified for the maintenance required for that webapp? Maintenance required: initial setup, keeping it updated, backups and restoration testing, archival, troubleshooting if something breaks…
From my experience with other webapps… See:
How much effort is worth spending on a "perfect webserver for whonix.org"?
If any self-hosted git server, which one? A lightweight one? Which feature are required? Or a more feature-rich one such as gitlab with issues tracking and whatnot?