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Xfce switches to GitLab

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Re: Xfce switches to GitLab

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Post by ViViDboarder »

input_sh wrote: post #43
jamesu wrote: post #17

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Following on from this, why didn't they use, say, gogs/gitea?

Took a quick look into their GitLab account and they seem to use some continuous integration, which is a native GitLab feature. Gitea does integrate with some external CI/CD services, but it's not a part of the core product: https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/ci-cd/ . Gogs makes no mention of CI/CD in its documentation. I've switched from Gitea to GitLab for that same reason for my personal projects, and I'd bet that's by f…

> You just do a "git push" and stuff gets automatically tested in a VM or even deployed in a live environment.

Yea, same with my Gitea + Drone servers.

It’s cool that GitLab has everything built in, but I don’t mind having distinct tools. Especially when both are very performance static binaries in a language I’m fond of working in (Golang) so that I can patch upstream.

Truth be told, if it weren’t for GitLabs sluggishness on my very cheap VPS, I’d probably give it more of a go so I’d have less to maintain.

Re: Xfce switches to GitLab

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Post by efiecho »

Urgh, sad to see one more FOSS project move there. No browsing of code or issues without Javascript. If the Javascript actually enhanced something and made the experience better, then it could probably be tolerable, but it doesn't, GitLab feels slower and more bloated than any other Git repository manager I know of.

I had not been surprised if Microsoft had ruined GitHub by "enhancing" the site with loads of Javascript and other things that would make the site worse, but this hasn't happened. GitHub has actually improved steadily since the acquisition. Ironically, it's the FOSS alternative that is slow and bloated this time.

Re: Xfce switches to GitLab

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Post by uHuge »

aninteger wrote: post #44
SparkyMcUnicorn wrote: post #9

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Does anyone else have things that make the switch from GitHub to GitLab a hard sell? I'm always curious why open source projects don't embrace an open platform, although I get that GitHub is fantastic in a lot of ways. I'm guilty of it myself, but I've reached the 50/50 GL/GH split as I try using GL more.

GL is not browsable with JavaScript disabled while GH is.

Wonder how Gitea[0] stands on this line? It seems the easiest to setup for small teams.

0: https://gitea.io/en-us

Re: Xfce switches to GitLab

#105

Post by dan_can_code »

efiecho wrote: post #102

Urgh, sad to see one more FOSS project move there. No browsing of code or issues without Javascript. If the Javascript actually enhanced something and made the experience better, then it could probably be tolerable, but it doesn't, GitLab feels slower and more bloated than any other Git repository manager I know of. I had not been surprised if Microsoft had ruined GitHub by "enhancing" the site with loads of Javascri…

Maybe xfce can see past the trivial issues with javascript for more benefits elsewhere within Gitlab for managing their project(s).

Re: Xfce switches to GitLab

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efiecho wrote: post #102

Urgh, sad to see one more FOSS project move there. No browsing of code or issues without Javascript. If the Javascript actually enhanced something and made the experience better, then it could probably be tolerable, but it doesn't, GitLab feels slower and more bloated than any other Git repository manager I know of. I had not been surprised if Microsoft had ruined GitHub by "enhancing" the site with loads of Javascri…

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Re: Xfce switches to GitLab

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Post by zozbot234 »

rxhernandez wrote: post #50
_wmun wrote: post #46

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This past year, on my Thinkpad P50, I've switched between Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch; Arch has by far been the least buggy. With Ubuntu, things would go haywire when docking/undocking. With Fedora, putting it to sleep was always a risk because after putting it to sleep I would sometimes I would open up my laptop to a black screen that I couldn't recover from. I was fine with that and just wouldn't put my laptop to slee…

Plain vanilla Debian is a lot more solid than Ubuntu as long as the hardware is well-supported. With very new hardware you end up having to stay on the testing or unstable release channel for a while, which is quite a bit messier since, e.g. some security updates may be delayed. Still more predictable than Arch or Manjaro though.

Re: Xfce switches to GitLab

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Post by aninteger »

manigandham wrote: post #55
aninteger wrote: post #44

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GL is not browsable with JavaScript disabled while GH is.

Why is this a hard sell? How many people does this really affect? And why disable JS on GL?

It's not a hard sell, but it is certainly an inconvenience. I prefer to browse with javascript off by default and only enable it for sites that absolutely need it. I've had issues where sites using JS have caused a single core on my laptop to spin at 100% thus affecting battery life negatively.
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