Hi Rich, On 07/13/16 16:35, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Ralf > <ralf+gen...@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. > > 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. Of 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.
Ralf > course, Gentoo makes this somewhat more painful than other distros; it > tends to be designed around upgrading in-place.
