Hi Chip, Thanks for the feedback, sorry for the late reply.
On വ്യാഴം 21 ഡിസംബര് 2017 10:04 രാവിലെ, Chip Frank wrote: > > To Whom It May Concern: > > > I like to try new software from time-to-time. I've seen some of the > awesomeness of Gitlab (in-action). That said, using a clean install of > Stretch (#!++), inside of a Virtualbox VM (from Oriface's deb pkg > archives, since it is no longer in main or contrib, and both jessie > and stretch backports didn't update with virtualbox packages) ... the > VBox VM having 2GB RAM, 2xCPU (2.9 GHZ Xeon in VT/X) ... > > > * *First observation:* 15-30 minutes install time, from netinst base > (inside 2GBx2CPU VM). > > > * *Second observation:* dependency tree is f*ing insane. > (Setting aside my personal preference for Python, since I've seen > similar insanity with large Python packages -- it is still, > objectively, pure insanity, but for Ruby monkeys throwing code > around without consideration for the "community".) > > > * *Third observation:* installation prompts are reasonable; however, > while nginx is installed and gives the basic webpage, Gitlab does > not work out of the box -- additional configuration is probably > required, which, on top of the install time and insane dependency > tree -- not worth the effort, especially per the docs on Debian. > > > Suggestion: Pull this from Debian's official packages. > A specific error message would help fix the problem. Many people use it in production (I use it at git.fosscommunity.in and at least a few more people I know use it). A specific bug report on the issue would be more useful. > > > Secondary suggestion: Turn it into a container, such as Docker (or, > old-school chroot). > > gitlab upstream provide that already, the debian package is an additional option for people who like the native package way. > With the advent of PPA's and running private deb pkg servers -- no > reason this shouldn't be pulled until it is refined to a point of > being a stable one-shot install with specific configuration prompts. > Else, considering the considerable amount of time, should be a wholly > separate package / install. (Very, very commercial, despite being > open-source.) > > > >
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