[DRE-maint] Package: gitlab (8.13.11+dfsg1-8) -- Stretch stable, FEEDBACK

[Chip Frank]

To Whom It May Concern:


I like to try new software from time-to-time. I've seen some of the awesomeness of Gitlab (in-action). That said, using a clean install of Stretch (#!++), inside of a Virtualbox VM (from Oriface's deb pkg archives, since it is no longer in main or contrib, and both jessie and stretch backports didn't update with virtualbox packages) ... the VBox VM having 2GB RAM, 2xCPU (2.9 GHZ Xeon in VT/X) ...


  *   First observation: 15-30 minutes install time, from netinst base (inside 2GBx2CPU VM).


  *   Second observation: dependency tree is f*ing insane.
(Setting aside my personal preference for Python, since I've seen similar insanity with large Python packages -- it is still, objectively, pure insanity, but for Ruby monkeys throwing code around without consideration for the "community".)


  *   Third observation: installation prompts are reasonable; however, while nginx is installed and gives the basic webpage, Gitlab does not work out of the box -- additional configuration is probably required, which, on top of the install time and insane dependency tree -- not worth the effort, especially per the docs on Debian.


Suggestion: Pull this from Debian's official packages.


Secondary suggestion: Turn it into a container, such as Docker (or, old-school chroot).


With the advent of PPA's and running private deb pkg servers -- no reason this shouldn't be pulled until it is refined to a point of being a stable one-shot install with specific configuration prompts. Else, considering the considerable amount of time, should be a wholly separate package / install. (Very, very commercial, despite being open-source.)



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