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[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 10 points 1 day 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 23 hours 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 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)
[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day 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 5 points 23 hours 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 23 hours ago

I think the other ones are just copying github

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours 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