[Back at the computer] On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Daniel Martí <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ondřej, > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 17:11:07 +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote: >> I have been asked by my team to try gitlab for our development, so I >> would like to ask about the status of gitlab and it's dependencies. > > On the rather long "Regarding gitlab" thread on debian-ruby, there has > been some discussion as far as satisfying gitlab's dependencies go. > > Before the last major release, gitlab depended on three modified ruby > gems, which could not be packaged in a clean way in Debian. We talked to > Upstream about it, and he replied: > >> We use patched libraries because we need some fixes and improvements over >> native one. > > I asked whether he tried merging those changes into their respective > upstream repositories: > >> I can build a gems like `gitlab-grit` or something if it saves you a lot o >> efforts. > > That was last month - We did not get into any sort of agreement as of > yet, and I have been quite busy lately. Though, since a new release is > out, I'll contact upstream about it again.
Any duplicate libraries is a nightmare both maintainer- and security-wise. >> I could help with uploads and updates in experimental to make things moving. > > Right now, besides that issue with these modified gems, what we need is > to get the rest of the dependencies packaged. And they make quite a > number. I'll do my best with gem2deb, but will of course need assistance > and welcome anyone willing to fill up these holes. Do you already compiled list of needed gems? Or just the graph? Or any work already done? I will start preparing the dependencies tomorrow and I'll probably throw RoR 4.0~beta1 into the crowd in one run. O. -- Ondřej Surý <[email protected]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caljhhg-bsx8rgyt9zodgivggfh0qkf4yryvvzlbs8tq357w...@mail.gmail.com
