Gitea: Broadcasting message(global)

[mmarif4u]

It would be useful to have broadcast message globally in case Admins want the users know about any downtime/updates etc.

[bkcsoft]

There has to be an API _and_ a sub-command (./gitea broadcast -m "deploying in 5 minutes") for scriptability 😉

[appleboy]

add a new notification to all users? right?

[bkcsoft]

@appleboy No, display a large banner for broadcasts. I'm assuming something like GitLab has:

[mmarif4u]

@bkcsoft you are right. Gitlab way is the proper way so far(to me). We are using gitlab for work within our team and its easy to broadcast a message for maintenance etc.

[lcges]

Nice idea.
Are you working on it? It is a concept?

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[sapk]

Just (re-)finding this issue. This would also need to be advertise on git login (similar to gitlab).

[guillep2k]

If this is implemented with anything but an e-mail it will be difficult for admins to broadcast downtime notices effectively. Perhaps it needs both kinds of notifications (selectable): e-mail and web notice.

I don't mean to add complexity to this issue, but here's a few related ideas:

• Setup welcome messages.
• Notices for an entire organization, or even teams.
• Notices for repo watchers from owners.