Infrastructure Upgrades/Changes: Git(ea)

[Pasi Lallinaho]

Just to clarify, this is what everybody could read on the first mail on 
this thread:

On 08.10.2017 01:21, Simon Steinbeiss wrote:
> The current proposal for phase 1 would be the following:
> 1) Replace cgit/gitolite with Gitea (for browsing and administering 
> Git repos)
> 2) Keep Bugzilla and Dokuwiki for their purposes (you can see the 
> integration in the instance Skunnyk set up)

Cheers,
Pasi

On 09.10.2017 14:21, Matthew Brush wrote:
> On 2017-10-09 03:30 AM, Simon Steinbeiss wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> while it's nice to see so many people contribute to this discussion 
>> let's
>> stay on topic. For the time being we're discussing whether to set up 
>> Gitea,
>> not Gitlab or to use Github.
>>
>
> Well you did link to:
>
> https://wiki.xfce.org/infra/nextgen
>
> Which appears to show the options being considered. It seems/seemed 
> totally on-topic for people on the mailing list to participate in the 
> discussion, otherwise you could have just said:
>
> "We're considering switching to Gitea and nothing else, yeah or nay?"
>
> Anyway, sorry for responding to the people who replied to my message 
> and this :)
>
> Regards,
> Matthew Brush
>
>> Gitlab has very different resource needs than Gitea so we'd have to find
>> different hosting/sponsoring beforehands.
>>
>> What I proposed is a brief setup/migration phase to avoid endless
>> discussions, but keep our eyes on the price (which is 4.14).
>>
>
>
>
>> Cheers
>> Simon
>>
>>
>>
>> Am Mo., 9. Okt. 2017, 11:42 schrieb Matthew Brush 
>> <mbrush at codebrainz.ca>:
>>
>>> On 2017-10-09 02:01 AM, Isabell Liefer wrote:
>>>> Hi! I would like to suggest to move to a selfhosted GitLab instance 
>>>> and
>>> to also mirror the repo on GitHub for a wider audience. What that be
>>> convenient for you both?
>>>>
>>>
>>> There appears to already be a Github mirror, but it sort of misses the
>>> mark if it's not used as the development platform.
>>>
>>> To restate it again, I'd be very happy with a new self-hosted
>>> Gitlab/Gitea/whatever, I'm just playing devil's advocate because I 
>>> think
>>> Github makes a lot of sense for a project like Xfce, except for ethical
>>> (or whatever you call it) reasons. In terms of improving visibility,
>>> ease of administration, and making it easier for (new) people to
>>> contribute, Github (currently) wins hands-down, IMO.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Matthew Brush
>>>
>>>> Kind Regards
>>>>
>>>> Am 09.10.2017 um 04:17 schrieb Matthew Brush:
>>>>> On 2017-10-08 06:51 PM, André Miranda wrote:
>>>>>> GitHub is awesome, I really enjoy using it, but being proprietary 
>>>>>> is a
>>>>>> no-go for a FLOSS project such as Xfce,
>>>>>
>>>>> Github releases lots of their code as open source, but you can't
>>>>> "install their whole business" locally, no.
>>>>>
>>>>> Loads of FLOSS projects are completely fine, and rather thrive on
>>>>> Github. Unlimited free hosting for open source projects with lots of
>>>>> useful features, IMO, is rather nice.
>>>>>
>>>>> To be clear, I'm not advocating for Xfce switching to Github, I'm 
>>>>> just
>>>>> pointing out that it's purely a political/ethical/emotional decision
>>>>> rather than a technical/user-centric one. Personally I lean towards
>>>>> pragmatism rather than having a strong political stance, but I can
>>>>> appreciate that some people are more passionate about this than I am.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Matthew Brush
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