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# Why?
+The main reason is BitBucket deciding [end support for Mercurial][bbhg]. This
+left a very bad taste in our mouth and we've spent way too many hours trying to
+figure out what we should do next.
+
+After much thought we agreed it's best to take back control of our data. Not
+just with our code hosting but also our email, calendars, contacts, etc. We
+never want to be in this situation again and honestly there is no reason we
+can't host our own stuff (we're pretty experienced sysadmins after all).
+
+Now we can do things *exactly how we want to*.
+
+[bbhg]: https://bitbucket.org/blog/sunsetting-mercurial-support-in-bitbucket
+
+## Why not migrate to Git(hub|lab), etc.
+
+We strongly prefer Mercurial over Git. We have nothing against Git at all and
+we use it daily but for all of our own repo's we just prefer Mercurial. We
+don't see that changing anytime in the near future either.
+
+No we're not going to engage in a flame war here. Git is great and you should
+always use the tools that make you more productive, happy, etc.
+
+## But... What about forks and pull requests?
+
We realize for a certain subset of developers this method may seem old
fashioned. It may even seem complicated. The truth is, it's actually not
complicated at all. It's just different than what you're used to.
@@ 213,6 237,27 @@ While it may seem like the whole world follows the GitHub workflow, we'd wager
that far more open source contributions happen via email than pull requests
every day.
+## Trusted collaboration
+
+> Software communities don’t just write code together. They brainstorm feature ideas, help new users get their bearings, and collaborate on best ways to use the software.
+
+We couldn't have said it better ourselves. That's taken from the GitHub
+announcement of their new [discussions feature][ghdis]. Of course to use that
+feature you have to be on their website.
+
+Using mailing lists, you can use whatever your favorite email client is and
+interact whenever you'd like. Even offline, as long as you've got your email
+downloaded. Mailing lists are tried and trusted. Basically as old as email
+itself and still in use by practically every possible industry you can name.
+
+Why? Because they work, they're convenient, there's basically no learning
+curve, and you can use whatever email client you're most comfortable with.
+
+This is a huge advantage and helps keep the community more accessible and
+diverse.
+
+[ghdis]: https://github.blog/2020-05-06-new-from-satellite-2020-github-codespaces-github-discussions-securing-code-in-private-repositories-and-more/#discussions
+
# Conclusion
See, that isn't so bad. We hope this helps show you how to quickly contribute