Re: Gitlab Migration

[tomas]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 10:44:27AM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 04:57:08 +0000 (UTC)
> > From: Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>

[...]

> > Just curious: What about using a gitlab instance (which uses the
> > GPL-compatible Expat License) on either gnu.org or an existing one
> > like gitlab.freedesktop.org?  Has this already been considered?  I
> > couldn't find this in the emacs-devel list archive.
> 
> You mean, forking it and developing our own version free of those
> problems?  That depends on the resources GNU could use for that: if
> there's a need for significant changes, we'd need to maintain that
> fork forever.

In that case, it seems advisable to understand first why this strategy
didn't work out with debbugs ("our" version seems to languish in a
state that even merging back Debian's improvements over years has
become a difficult task).

Cheers
 - t

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