The Forgejo v12 release was on time. The runner saw significant progress and the release tooling was improved. Discussions emerged regarding AI contributions, contributor attributions in the documentation, and the future of communication. An NLnet grant ended, allowing time for a retrospective.
Read more →Forgejo v12.0 is available. The User eXperience (UX) and User Interface were improved for the user profile page, the review of pull requests one commit at a time and Forgejo Actions notifications when a job fails. Pull request conflict checking was made faster and more resource efficient. SSH can be used instead of OpenPGP for instance signing. A default robots.txt is included by default to help mitigate excessive crawling. It also comes with a number of other UX, performance and security improvements.
Read more →Forgejo v12.0 branch was cut on 25 June, for a planned release on 17 July. Forgejo v11.0.2 was released on 18 June, addressing several bugs. Forgejo Runner v6.4.0 introduced offline caching support. The minimum required Git version has been bumped and the search has been improved. There is strong enthusiasm for translating Forgejo. User following with ActivityPub has progressed and a new NLnet grant has been accepted.
Read more →Ongoing issues with the Matrix chat room were addressed by recreating the room. Users are encouraged to join the new room, as the old room is deprecated. Security updates have been released for versions v11 and v7. Progress continues on the moderation feature funded by NLnet. Work on federated user activity continues, including the ability to follow Forgejo users from GoToSocial.
Read more →Forgejo is now featured on the official Git website. Forgejo v11.0 was released on 16 April following quick fixes for identified regressions. The Helm chart was updated to version 12 for compatibility. Federation work continues on HTTP signatures and following user activity. The infrastructure faced SSH connection failures and excessive crawling.
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