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

[Pirate Praveen]

Hi Chip,

Thanks for the feedback, sorry for the late reply.

On വ്യാഴം 21 ഡിസംബര്‍ 2017 10:04 രാവിലെ, Chip Frank wrote:
>
> 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.
>

A specific error message would help fix the problem. Many people use it
in production (I use it at git.fosscommunity.in and at least a few more
people I know use it). A specific bug report on the issue would be more
useful.
>
>
> Secondary suggestion: Turn it into a container, such as Docker (or,
> old-school chroot).
>
>
gitlab upstream provide that already, the debian package is an
additional option for people who like the native package way.

> 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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