The problem is that GitHub has a monopoly and is considered _the_ current standard for Open Source. But I think that once some of the major projects move to alternatives like GitLab (which has many of the features described in that letter) GitHub will have to obey its user base. Unfortunately no Open Source project with a large user base will dare to do the first step.
3. We're open to displaying CONTRIBUTING.md more prominently, please open an issue on our public issue tracker that contains all our planned features https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues
I'll go sleep now but please ask any questions so I can respond tomorrow.
Welcome. I see an error in my answer. If you don't want to use a shared runner you indeed have to add one yourself. Please be informed that shared runners can run Docker images and that we plan to add runner auto scaling with 8.4 to reduce the queue.
I went ahead and created an account on GitLab.com. So far I can tell the transition is seamless. You can import a repository from GitHub with only a few clicks. Issues will be inherited, but the single PR on the repo I tried to migrate got lost on the way.
