Gentoo Archives: gentoo-project

From: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] utilizing GH functionality that Gentoo infra does not provide
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 17:15:44
Message-Id: 116ba11e-7071-0d39-40fa-bde0d8bc30d4@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-project] utilizing GH functionality that Gentoo infra does not provide by Mike Frysinger
1 On 29/03/22 19:56, Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > starting a dedicated thread for
3 > https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/ec2b560480627371a7bda5c85924eddd
4 >
5 > GH provides a lot of functionality for free that Gentoo infra does not cover.
6 > these are particularly useful for projects that are used beyond Gentoo.
7 >
8 > * release management (e.g. distfiles hosting)
9 > * CI runs (e.g. GH actions)
10 > * Projects for task management
11 > * possibly even Discussions since it'll provide a clear/scoped space for
12 > non-Gentoo users & devs. Gentoo forums are huge and require custom accts,
13 > and mailing lists are huge and a bit restrictive old timey.
14 >
15
16 Gitlab works fairly neatly at least in my experience with VideoLan,
17 freedesktop and Gnome.
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19 I'd avoid to bind ourselves too much on GitHub.
20
21 lu