GitLab packaging progress and discussion about deployment on fedorahosted

[Axilleas Pipinellis]

On 07/03/2013 10:51 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> So, perhaps this was berried in one of the previous discussions, but I
> don't think we want to replace fedorahosted. Lets stop saying that. Any
> gitlab deployment I would like to see as a new service for those that
> would like that, folks who don't want to be bothered could just keep
> using fedorahosted. 
>
> So, moving forward, can we just drop any mention of fedorahosted from
> this discussion? Call it 'gitlab deployment' or 'gitlab instance for
> fedora' or something. ;) Please?

You are right... My bad, sorry. I didn't mean to say that it will replace
fedorahosted whatsoever. I pictured it being deployed under a subdomain of
fedorahosted like the current gitweb. This would not change the current look
and feel of fedorahosted.org. And of course that would be opt-in, noone
would
be compelled to change theirhabits :)


> We could possibly do a demo in a cloud instance depending on whats
> involved.

Cool, that would be nice.

>
>>> D) aim to have GitLab in production for all Fedora projects on 
>>> September 1
> This is...not likely. :) 
>
> a) We should not try and move all projects to it. Only folks who want
> to use it/opt in. 
>
> b) We have a process for bringing up a new supported service: 
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Request_For_Resources?rd=Infrastructure/RFR
> I'm sorry it's a bit involved and has many steps. This is to make sure
> we can actually support something moving forward and don't just get it
> dumped on us. 
>
> c) We freeze around release milestones. It's likely that Fedora 20 will
> be landing sometime in Aug or early Sept, so we would have to make sure
> not to disrupt our primary mission of producing Fedora. 
>
>
Yeap, that was Sytse'sproposal without knowing much about the subject. I
guess I am to
blame here :p

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