[core-workflow] GitLab 8.11

[Maciej Szulik]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 12:44 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:

> On Aug 23, 2016, at 01:22 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
>
> >You noticed that, too, huh? :)
>
> Oh yes!  Mailman 3 is hosted on GitLab, and I host almost all my personal
> projects there, so I also get their newsletter.
>
> >While the update makes me even more keen to move some of our work projects
> >away from GitHub and back to GitLab (which we were already considering for
> >reasons related to GitHub's limited access control management options for
> >private repos), I didn't see anything that made me go "Yes, we absolutely
> >need this for CPython".
>
> Agreed, for now.  Of course, friendly competition is always good, and I use
> GitHub for plenty of things, but I do really like GitLab.  Some things are
> better/easier on one or the other hosting platform, but for CPython, I
> think
> much more important to get us in git soon, and we can fairly easily
> migrate to
> a different hosting platform later if we want.  We already have a
> python-devs
> group and a python unofficial mirror, which I think we should keep
> up-to-date
> as we complete the move to GitHub.
>
> >After all, GitLab's "migrate away from GitHub" features are hardly going
> to
> >get *worse* over time, so the risk of CPython actually getting *stuck* on
> >GitHub is very low.  That means the main persistent workflow changes in
> the
> >current migration are moving code review away from the issue tracker and
> into
> >the repository management system, enabling bots to handle certain mundane
> >review tasks (checking for CLA signatures, running the tests) and
> switching
> >to self-service management of SSH keys for client authentication.
>
> +1 of course.  It'll be a huge, good change for our workflow.  I know that
> switching to git will make *me* more motivated to start contributing again.
>
>
I guess you're not the only one. And most importantly, this should
hopefully get us
more keen folks working and contributing to CPython. Once this step is done
I agree
that switching from one hosting platform to another will be much simpler
than the
current work Brett is doing.
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