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On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 12:13 PM Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote: |
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> [2] We also have a Gentoo org on gitlab.com, but it's ~unused but has access to hosted EE features. I believe we plan on sunsetting this and replacing it with the self-hosted CE version. |
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FWIW, I know/trust somebody who has access to the source code for the |
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EE that is running on gitlab.com, and they have vouched that aside |
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from the EE-only additions the source code of the core product is |
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identical with CE. That is, all the stuff that is in the CE source |
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code is present in the hosted version using the same version of the |
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source code, and there aren't any special gitlab.com |
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patches/branches/etc. Obviously if you use the EE-only stuff then |
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that isn't present in CE. |
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So, in theory self-hosted CE should be identical to using gitlab.com |
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and avoiding the use of the EE-only features. |
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Obviously I have nothing to go on beyond their word, but even with |
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100% FOSS when you don't do the hosting you basically have to take the |
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word from the hosting provider that what they're hosting is actually |
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what they say they're hosting. |
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So, if making use of their hosting (which is often free to FOSS |
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organizations - if we don't already have that I could make inquiries |
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if there is official interest) would make a big difference in its |
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usefulness, this is probably something worth keeping in mind. |
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Obviously self-hosting is better in a lot of ways, but I was under the |
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impression that its design was holding us back from that. |
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Rich |
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