We already talked last year about slowly loosening our ties with GitLab (self-hosted, not gilab.com): https://fediverse.dotslashplay.it/snac/playit/p/1696800539.414340

We have now been thinking about dropping the GitLab merge request workflow in favour of something far less standardized but at the same time giving much more freedom to the potential contributors:
- Host your fork anywhere (including on our GitLab instance for now);
- Work however you wish;
- Send us an e-mail or a message on IRC, or even a message here on the Fediverse, asking us to integrate the changes from your fork.

The main downside would be the loss of the public discussions on merge request diffs, but it is not like these usually involve more than two persons (so could have been done by e-mail just as well).

Your comments on this suggested workflow are welcome, whether or not you are already a ./play.it contributor, and whether or not you were planning to become one in the future. Nothing has been really decided yet, so all feedback can help us going choosing the best way to handle contributions.