proposal: upgrade Gnus Git repo to GitLab server

proposal: upgrade Gnus Git repo to GitLab server

[Ted Zlatanov]

Lars and others, I'm putting this out for the whole list:

I think GitLab would be a good choice for the Gnus Git repo.

The community edition is free according to
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/LICENSE

It offers many features we could use. The downside is that it's probably
best to install it on a dedicated server; it's a Ruby on Rails app. It
can be installed via packages, in any case:
https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/ offers CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu
packages. Plus Raspberry Pi Raspbian, of course, for that very demanding
group of 3 people :)

I think it would make some things easier, especially pull ("merge")
requests for quick changes because you can edit files right in the web
browser to propose a change. It's also a bit more secure than our
current setup. And most importantly, the current workflows won't change.

Thanks
Ted

Re: proposal: upgrade Gnus Git repo to GitLab server

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 06:37:11 -0500 Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote: 

TZ> Lars and others, I'm putting this out for the whole list:
TZ> I think GitLab would be a good choice for the Gnus Git repo.

TZ> The community edition is free according to
TZ> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/LICENSE

TZ> It offers many features we could use. The downside is that it's probably
TZ> best to install it on a dedicated server; it's a Ruby on Rails app. It
TZ> can be installed via packages, in any case:
TZ> https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/ offers CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu
TZ> packages. Plus Raspberry Pi Raspbian, of course, for that very demanding
TZ> group of 3 people :)

TZ> I think it would make some things easier, especially pull ("merge")
TZ> requests for quick changes because you can edit files right in the web
TZ> browser to propose a change. It's also a bit more secure than our
TZ> current setup. And most importantly, the current workflows won't change.

Never mind on this, since development is moving to Emacs anyhow.

Ted