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To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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Hi Ludovic,

Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> On that topic, I had an interesting discussion with Nicolas Petton of
> Emacs about patch tracking.  Nicolas explained that Gitlab (free
> software) doesn=E2=80=99t have some of the technical defects that GitHu=
b has; in
> particular it can rebase instead of merging, thereby helping preserve a
> linear history, and it can be dealt with =E2=80=9Cmostly=E2=80=9D by em=
ail.  Perhaps we
> could try running an instance and see what it=E2=80=99s 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-t=
ablets/
[5]: https://kernel-recipes.org/en/2016/schedule/

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