GitLab 8.5 released

#1

Post by doubleg » Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 2:58 PM UTC

Re: GitLab 8.5 released

#2

Post by jobvandervoort » Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 3:08 PM UTC

We're super excited with GitLab 8.5. It's much faster, no matter the size of your instance (but especially for larger instances).

The Todos, ability to revert commits and CNAME support for Pages, are things that have been much requested and we're happy to have now.

As always, we're here if anyone has any questions about anything.

Re: GitLab 8.5 released

#3

Post by pilif » Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 3:22 PM UTC

Nitpick:

> GitLab no longer loads large Git blobs (e.g. binary files) into memory when browsing a Git repository. This prevents timeouts and memory leaks.

Nope. Not loading something doesn't prevent memory leaks. It might make existing leaks not as bad (because you're leaking less).

Either you're not leaking at which point it doesn't matter how big the thing you load is, it will get freed once it's not used, or you're leaking at which point, yes, if you only load small things, you get to run for a longer time before you die, but you will still die eventually.

Only loading smaller things doesn't plug leaks.

Aside of that: This looks like a very impressive release. Congratulations!

Re: GitLab 8.5 released

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Post by fweespeech » Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 3:24 PM UTC

> With GitLab 8.5, we’re offering GitLab Geo as an Alpha to all our Enterprise Edition customers. Once GitLab Geo has left Alpha / Beta state, a special license will be required to use it.

I'm not sure I like this trend.

While I understand some features GitLab may feel its worth a "second license" fee, it sets a bad precedent.

Similarly, I don't want to give you $390/year for a GitLab instance with 2-3 users which keeps me from paying for the stuff I use for sideprojects. Although, tbh, if you are going the secondary license route for various features it seems I'm better off looking into an alternative and just implementing them myself.

I honestly was just using the post-receive hook, etc. for this sort of thing.

Re: GitLab 8.5 released

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Post by flashm » Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 3:26 PM UTC

I've moved all my private repos to Gitlab based on the chat on here and other places recently RE Github, Gitlab, and other solutions.

I'm very happy overall, the interface is great. It's a bit slower than github currently (the web interface) as I'm using the online version rather than self hosted, but apart from that it's really bloody good.

I'll be recommending it to others going forward and using it for all new repos that I want hosted.

Re: GitLab 8.5 released

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Post by gpc » Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 3:26 PM UTC

jobvandervoort wrote: post #2

We're super excited with GitLab 8.5. It's much faster, no matter the size of your instance (but especially for larger instances). The Todos, ability to revert commits and CNAME support for Pages, are things that have been much requested and we're happy to have now. As always, we're here if anyone has any questions about anything.

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/11489

Didn't make it in?

Re: GitLab 8.5 released

#7

Post by jobvandervoort » Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 3:26 PM UTC

pilif wrote: post #3

Nitpick: > GitLab no longer loads large Git blobs (e.g. binary files) into memory when browsing a Git repository. This prevents timeouts and memory leaks. Nope. Not loading something doesn't prevent memory leaks. It might make existing leaks not as bad (because you're leaking less). Either you're not leaking at which point it doesn't matter how big the thing you load is, it will get freed once it's not used, or you'r…

Thanks for the nitpick, always welcome. I'm asking the author of the change what the background is on this. Will update the post if I can be more accurate.

Thanks!

UPDATE: Technically we're not fixing the leak, but this fix is reducing the impact significantly.

Re: GitLab 8.5 released

#8

Post by jobvandervoort » Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 3:27 PM UTC

flashm wrote: post #5

I've moved all my private repos to Gitlab based on the chat on here and other places recently RE Github, Gitlab, and other solutions. I'm very happy overall, the interface is great. It's a bit slower than github currently (the web interface) as I'm using the online version rather than self hosted, but apart from that it's really bloody good. I'll be recommending it to others going forward and using it for all new rep…

Thanks, that's good to hear.

We're working hard on making it faster, this release being a major milestone in that work.

Last release, we started shipping a performance monitoring tool [0], to make it easier to see what exactly is slow.

[0]: https://about.gitlab.com/2016/01/22/gitlab-8-4-released/

Re: GitLab 8.5 released

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Post by akerro » Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 3:28 PM UTC

fweespeech wrote: post #4

> With GitLab 8.5, we’re offering GitLab Geo as an Alpha to all our Enterprise Edition customers. Once GitLab Geo has left Alpha / Beta state, a special license will be required to use it. I'm not sure I like this trend. While I understand some features GitLab may feel its worth a "second license" fee, it sets a bad precedent. Similarly, I don't want to give you $390/year for a GitLab instance with 2-3 users which ke…

afaik there will be possibility to get a license for n users instead n*10 packs.

Re: GitLab 8.5 released

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Post by d33 » Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 3:28 PM UTC

Two releases ago, updating was a bit of a pain for me, so I guess I'll wait until Friday with this one. Anyway, the new features sound really good!