Re: Next steps for gitlab.debian (Re: GitLab B.V. to host free-software GitLab for Debian project)
On Sat, 11 Jun 2016, Ole Streicher wrote:
> Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> writes:
> >> Debian needs feature X but it is already in the e.nterprise version. We make
> >> a patch and for commercial reasons it never gets merged (they already sell it
> >> in the enterprise version). Which means we will have to fork the software and
> >> keep those patches forever. Been there done that. For me, that isn't
> >> acceptable.
> >> I don't want another Nagios.
> >
> > I agree this is a legitimate concern. I have asked Gitlab Inc for their
> > policy on merge requests to Gitlab CE for features already in Gitlab EE.
> > Based on their reply, we can decide how to proceed. If their reply is
> > positive, I will ask them to make it public, and we can go ahead with a
> > debian.net instance of Gitlab. If their reply is negative, we can drop
> > gitlab and consider Pagure (second best option).
>
> We do patching as part of our daily packaging already: to replace (or
> circumvent) non-dfsg functionality, to integrate into our environment,
> and everything else that upstream is not willing or able to apply
> himself but is good in our opinion. Depending on the package, you may
> find huge patches for our packages
>
> I would not see why a missing functionality of gitlab would be different
> here.
Given my personal expericence with so called opencore software, I do.
Alex
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