Re: gitlab status?
[Back at the computer]
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Daniel Martí <mvdan@mvdan.cc> wrote:
> Hello Ondřej,
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 17:11:07 +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote:
>> I have been asked by my team to try gitlab for our development, so I
>> would like to ask about the status of gitlab and it's dependencies.
>
> On the rather long "Regarding gitlab" thread on debian-ruby, there has
> been some discussion as far as satisfying gitlab's dependencies go.
>
> Before the last major release, gitlab depended on three modified ruby
> gems, which could not be packaged in a clean way in Debian. We talked to
> Upstream about it, and he replied:
>
>> We use patched libraries because we need some fixes and improvements over
>> native one.
>
> I asked whether he tried merging those changes into their respective
> upstream repositories:
>
>> I can build a gems like `gitlab-grit` or something if it saves you a lot o
>> efforts.
>
> That was last month - We did not get into any sort of agreement as of
> yet, and I have been quite busy lately. Though, since a new release is
> out, I'll contact upstream about it again.
Any duplicate libraries is a nightmare both maintainer- and security-wise.
>> I could help with uploads and updates in experimental to make things moving.
>
> Right now, besides that issue with these modified gems, what we need is
> to get the rest of the dependencies packaged. And they make quite a
> number. I'll do my best with gem2deb, but will of course need assistance
> and welcome anyone willing to fill up these holes.
Do you already compiled list of needed gems? Or just the graph? Or any
work already done?
I will start preparing the dependencies tomorrow and I'll probably
throw RoR 4.0~beta1 into the crowd in one run.
O.
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Ondřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org>
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