Re: [RFC] switch to GitLab / gitlab.com

[Karlin High]

On 2/7/2020 1:59 AM, Jonas Hahnfeld wrote:
> re "single-patch commits": Firstly we currently push multiple commits
> from one review (at least Dan and I do), so I don't fully understand
> the point.

I probably didn't relate the discussion properly. It had to do with 
commits vs branch merges. This post raises the question:

<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2018-04/msg00023.html>

And these seemed like GitLab's answer to it:

<https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/squash_and_merge.html>

<https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/fast_forward_merge.html>

> Do we need to import from Rietveld? The current issues have links to
> the reviews, I think we should just get as much out of SF as possible
> and keep the references to the external system.

I think you're right.

> I first want to gather consensus that GitLab is really a platform that
> (at least) a large part of the community could agree on, for the scoped
> purpose of replacing the three tools we currently use.

Very good. Does anyone know of reasons why GitLab would NOT be a good 
fit for Lilypond? I won't know them due to lack of experience, and don't 
feel I have anything further to say here.
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Karlin High
Missouri, USA