On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:33:07 -0600 Dan Allen <dan.j.allen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:44:39 +0200 > > Axilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Greetings from a newly registered member! > > > > > > I've seen the 'GSoC @ Infra' thread but I didn't want to hijack it > > > nor do I know how to reply to a thread through mailman... > > > > > > I will be applying for GSoC this summer and GitLab is my first > > > priority as I have been using it since version 2 and I want to > > > contribute in any way I can. I have been talking with Vit Ondruch > > > about the packaging procedure and I just sent a mail [0] to the > > > ruby-sig list too, regarding this. > > > > Excellent. ;) > > > > Very excellent! > > > > > > > I have also read last year's discussion [1] and it was made clear > > > by Dan Allen [2] that besides the whole implementation thing, it > > > is as important to find some people that will maintain the project > > > longterm. And I am willing to do this. I don't know if it is > > > possible for more than one person to work on a project during > > > GSoC, but another fellow is interested in this as well [3]. So, > > > now we are two :p > > > > Great news! Thank you for stepping forward. > > One of the key reasons I've been pushing for GitLab is because I see > the potential it has for drastically improving the discoverability of > the Fedora code base and encourage participation. I've been involved > with a lot of projects on GitHub and I'm amazed by how simple it is > to submit changes (to both code and documentation). In fact, it's > often easier to send a patch with a description of the change than to > create an issue...flipping the normal bug submitting process on its > head. > > GitHub also works because it enables collaboration over coordination. > You don't have to ask for permission on GitHub. You just do it. Then > you can easily track when they get pulled in or changes are > requested. (the same is true of GitLab). > > With GitLab, we can bring that experience to the Fedora community. > It's a large enough community (esp in terms of repositories), that > I'm positive we'd see that collaboration kindle within the Fedora > instance. > > ...so this is a big deal. > So - I was following this https://github.com/alexanderte/ansible-playbook-gitlab and I know ricky elrod is looking into adapting it for us. if that works and we can deploy new gitlab instances... my next question is gitlab and openid auth. -sv _______________________________________________ infrastructure mailing list infrastructure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure
