Here is a message that could be posted as a followup of https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/14186.
Bonjour,
TL;DR: what would it take to put federation on the Gitea 1.16.x roadmap?
The gitea roadmap for 1.1.15 is now locked and the next release cycle will start right after it is released. However the roadmap for 1.1.16 does not include the implementation of ActivityPub.
What would it take to make that happen?
It is of course a matter of who is interested to implement it and has time and skills to actually do it. An area where the fedeproxy project could help by redirecting 5,000€ of its funds (total 75K€). This is not much but it’s not nothing and could be used to make the first baby step(s).
It is also a matter of defining the first baby steps that would lead Gitea in the direction of federation. At the moment there only is a very high level discussion that can hardly be translated into actionable items. In your expert opinion, what would be the first minimal tasks that would make most sense?
Cheers
P.S: I’m very motivated to help move forward and in case you’re curious why I don’t post myself (thank you Pierre-Louis for being my proxy ), feel free to read why I deleted my GItHub account a few years ago.