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Subject: Re: GHM debriefing
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:24:35 +0200
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To: =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
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Hi,

Cl=C3=A9ment Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org> skribis:

> 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 GitHub=
 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 ema=
il.  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.

You=E2=80=99re preaching to the choir. ;-)  Of course I=E2=80=99d only be i=
nterested in
running a community-controlled instance of the free software version of
GitLab (=E2=80=9CCommunity Edition=E2=80=9D).  If it lacks that rebase feat=
ure, that=E2=80=99s
probably a showstopper.

> 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].

I=E2=80=99m curious about that one.

Thanks for your feedback,
Ludo=E2=80=99.