CCing the Javascript Team. Original post on debian-devel, see: Message-Id: <[🔎] 20171016001558.a9c2e92f9155e844f43ceb30@paranoici.org> Or alternatively: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/10/msg00262.html On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:32:55PM +0200, Alexander Wirt wrote: > On Tue, 17 Oct 2017, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2017 04:28:09 +0000 Ondřej Surý wrote: > > > > [...] > > > Francesco, great idea, go ahead. You would be most welcome to help with > > > Debian Ruby Extra packaging. > > > > Unfortunately, I have basically zero knowledge about Rails, JavaScript > > and Node.js: I could not be of much help in packaging GitLab. > > > > What I meant was that the time that will be spent in manually installing, > > manually adapting, and manually upgrading the upstream version, would > > perhaps be better spent in helping the maintainers to keep the Debian > > package up-to-date and in using the Debian package in stead of the upstream > > version... > Nope. I know how to setup gitlab, I don't - and I don't want to have > knowledge (and I don't have time to do it) to maintain numerous ruby and > nodejs modules. > > Alex > On 16 October 2017 at 06:52, Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> wrote: > On 10/16/2017 03:45 AM, Francesco Poli wrote: >> I would say that this issue with the Debian packages of GitLab should >> be addressed by helping the Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers to improve >> the Debian packages and to keep them more up-to-date. > > gitlab 9.x has switched to using node modules + webpack for front end. > So any help in packaging the node dependencies welcome. > > See https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Nodejs/Tasks/gitlab for the > current status. > > Btw all ruby dependencies for 9.5.x are packaged already. > Dear Javascript Team, Would you please consider maintaining the "numerous [...] nodejs modules" necessary for Debian's Alioth replacement to run on a Debian-built GitLab package? We are facing a scenario that confirms that Debian packaging is not good enough--even for Debian's own infrastructure. I would join the team, but it would take me weeks/months to learn about Javascript and Nodejs, and it seems this transition is imminent. In the worst-case scenario, if that work cannot be completed on time, a deadline should be set for transitioning to official Debian-built packages. Let's say well before DebConf18 so that it will be well tested for DebCamp. Please reply to debian-devel and CC Francesco Poli <invernomuto@paranoici.org> Sincerely, Nicholas
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