From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: GHM debriefing Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2016 06:41:11 +0000 Message-ID: <871t14gm0o.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> References: <87eg5769n9.fsf@gnu.org> <877fawh8t8.fsf@lassieur.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46050) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bfLgd-0006zU-Bc for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2016 02:41:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bfLga-0004OG-Ir for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2016 02:41:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <877fawh8t8.fsf@lassieur.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur , Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Clément Lassieur writes: > Hi Ludovic, > > Ludovic Courtès writes: > >> On that topic, I had an interesting discussion with Nicolas Petton of >> Emacs about patch tracking. Nicolas explained that Gitlab (free >> software) doesn’t have some of the technical defects that GitHub has; in >> particular it can rebase instead of merging, thereby helping preserve a >> linear history, and it can be dealt with “mostly” by email. Perhaps we >> could try running an instance and see what it’s like. > > According to Gitlab Documentation [0] [1], the rebase feature you are > talking about is only available in Gitlab Enterprise Edition, which is > proprietary [2]. > > The libreboot website [3] explains "what's wrong with Gitlab", I think > it is worth reading. > > The Kernel Recipes talk by Greg KH [4] about why the Linux kernel > developers rely on plain text email instead of using "modern" > development tools might be of some interest too. It'll happen in Paris > on September 28 [5]. > > [0]: https://about.gitlab.com/features/#compare > [1]: http://docs.gitlab.com/ee/workflow/rebase_before_merge.html > [2]: https://about.gitlab.com/2014/02/11/gitlab-ee-license-change/ > [3]: https://libreboot.org/gitlab/ > [4]: https://kernel-recipes.org/en/2016/talks/patches-carved-into-stone-tablets/ > [5]: https://kernel-recipes.org/en/2016/schedule/ > > Clément > Oh, too bad... I used kallithea a while ago, I will set this up at git2.n0.is this week if my schedule allows me to and look at its features again. License is no problem there. would be neat to add features like remote instance "PR" etc.. -- ng0 For non-prism friendly talk find me on http://www.psyced.org