[gentoo-user] Re: Gitlab experiences

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Ralf <ralf+gentoo <at> ramses-pyramidenbau.de> writes:


> On 07/13/16 16:35, Rich Freeman wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Ralf
> > <ralf+gentoo <at> ramses-pyramidenbau.de> wrote:
> >> I recommend to deploy gitlab inside a Debian LXC/Docker container as
> >> Gitlab guys provide and maintain precompiled .deb packages. You do not
> >> want to compile it on your own as it comes with a load of dependencies.
> >> And once dependencies change you really might run into trouble with
> >> gentoo. Gitlab isn't just a tiny one-click-and-it-runs webservice, it's
> >> a whole ecosystem.

Yep, I heard a bit of bitching about maintaining it. I was contacted by a
corp to install and manage gitlab for them. It's not my cup of tea, so folks
in that space must be upset with maintenance issues....

> > This is part of why I'd suggest not upgrading it in-place.  Just
> > create a new container from scratch every time there is an update. 
> Sure, I totally agree. But from a maintenance point of view this can
> become a full-time job very quickly, as gitlab has pretty short
> innovation and release cycles. And you do want to install updates very
> quickly, especially for web-apps.

Interesting idea. It certainly is a good candidate for codes that stress
a cluster. I'll keep that in mind.

>   Ralf

> > OF course, Gentoo makes this somewhat more painful than other distros; 
> > it tends to be designed around upgrading in-place.

I did not realize it was so java centric...... I'm out, cause I have more
icedtea-java projects than I know what to do with..... (apache-spark).

Thanks for all the info guys,
James