Re: [gentoo-user] Gitlab experiences

[Ralf]

Hi Rich,

On 07/13/16 16:35, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Ralf
> <ralf+gentoo@×××××××××××××××××××.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.