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We're super excited with GitLab 8.5. It's much faster, no matter the size of your instance (but especially for larger instances). The Todos, ability to revert

We're super excited with GitLab 8.5. It's much faster, no matter the size of your instance (but especially for larger instances). The Todos, ability to revert commits and CNAME support for Pages, are things that have been much requested and we're happy to have now. As always, we're here if anyone has any questions about anything.

gpc 11y ago
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/11489 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/11489 Didn't make it in?
- jobvandervoort 11y ago
  It seems not, unfortunately, I'm sorry if you were waiting for it. I'll discuss if we can ship it in a patch [0], otherwise it'll land in a month in CE. [0]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/11489#note_3857097 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/11489#note_38...
  - gpc 11y ago
    Thanks, Looking forward to it. otherwise, congrats on another release!
    - jobvandervoort 11y ago
      Thanks! Consensus seems to be we can ship it somewhere this week.
      - gpc 11y ago
        I've been keeping an eye on that issue thread throughout the morning and although it doesn't seem appropriate for me to make a comment over there just to say this, I wanted to communicate it somewhere: the gitlab team is really impressing me in terms of responsiveness and flexibility. I really hope to see you keep that culture as you continue to grow and succeed. It doesn't go unnoticed!
        sytse 11y ago
        Thanks, glad to hear that. We're doing everything we can to keep and improve upon that culture. Being remote first and having a public issue tracker certainly helps, less difference between a comment of a co-worker and of a user.
fsiefken 11y ago
Hi Job, does this mean it is also faster in low memory environments like 512M? ToDo integration is a great feature!
- sytse 11y ago
  No, unfortunately not. We recommend 2GB of memory to run GitLab https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/install/requirements.md#cpu https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/inst... If 512MB is a requirement for you please consider using Gogs. Glad you like the Todos feature!
  - tshannon 11y ago
    I just wanted to say how awesome it is that you mention Gogs, a competing platform. It shows that you're focused on your domain, not closed-mindly discounting every competitor, and are open about any shortcomings in Gitlab.
    - sdesol 11y ago
      It also makes sense from a business point of view. The three strong points that I've taken from business school are: 1) You can overtake an incumbent if you can offer twice the value at half the price. If you can produce a drill that works two times better than existing drills at half the price, you'll overtake the drill market. 2) You can't compete with "as good as". Winning here is more marketing than anything and this is where companies like Apple and Coco-Cola shine. You can't beat Coke with point one, since it is impossible to produce something that is better than Coke. You can measure the performance differences between drills, but you can't measure the psychological value of Coke and Apple 3) You can't compete by price, unless you are dealing with a commodity product, which brings me to my point for posting. Turning "Git hosting" into a commodity product is not a bad situation for GitLab and I honestly think this is where it's heading. In a year or two, we'll probably see less tangible/understood things become the main selling point. Such as intelligent code reviews, better code management metrics, defect predictions and so forth. Edit: Forgot to mention that point 3 is also where Atlassian deserves a lot of credit. They are leveraging point 3 and trying to parlay it into point 1.
eadz 11y ago
Pages are an EE feature, but one which is useful for open source projects. Would you accept a pull request for a community implementation of Pages? or would a fork be needed in this case? How do you see this sort of issue playing out?
- ywecur 11y ago
  This is a very good question and something I'm always concerned about when it comes to open core products.
- sytse 11y ago
  Good question, how we deal with that is detailed on https://about.gitlab.com/about/#stewardship https://about.gitlab.com/about/#stewardship Please let me know if you have any questions.
dogweather 11y ago
Have you deployed it to gitlab.com?
- sytse 11y ago
  Not yet, from the OP: "For GitLab.com users: We plan to enable custom domains on GitLab.com in the following week, so stay tuned!"
orless 11y ago
Can it be that GitLab pages are down? I'm getting 503 at the moment: * http://gitlab-examples.gitlab.io/pages-plain-html http://gitlab-examples.gitlab.io/pages-plain-html * http://gitlab-examples.gitlab.io/pages-jekyll http://gitlab-examples.gitlab.io/pages-jekyll * http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://gitlab-examples.gitlab.io/pages-jekyll http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://gitlab-example...
- sytse 11y ago
  Sorry about that. There was a brief interruption to GitLab pages while we fixed a vulnerability. It is back now https://twitter.com/gitlabstatus/status/701897151790653440 https://twitter.com/gitlabstatus/status/701897151790653440
hinkley 11y ago
Is this release going to make any significant difference on the hosted projects? The last time I asked about Gitlab.com in a thread people mentioned that it's not more popular due to performance issues.
- sytse 11y ago
  Yep, so that is what we solved in this release. Title of the OP: "GitLab's fastest release ever". For more details see the announcement and https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/operations/issues/42 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/operations/issues/42

gpc 11y ago

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/11489 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/11489 Didn't make it in?

jobvandervoort 11y ago
It seems not, unfortunately, I'm sorry if you were waiting for it. I'll discuss if we can ship it in a patch [0], otherwise it'll land in a month in CE. [0]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/11489#note_3857097 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/11489#note_38...
- gpc 11y ago
  Thanks, Looking forward to it. otherwise, congrats on another release!
  - jobvandervoort 11y ago
    Thanks! Consensus seems to be we can ship it somewhere this week.
    - gpc 11y ago
      I've been keeping an eye on that issue thread throughout the morning and although it doesn't seem appropriate for me to make a comment over there just to say this, I wanted to communicate it somewhere: the gitlab team is really impressing me in terms of responsiveness and flexibility. I really hope to see you keep that culture as you continue to grow and succeed. It doesn't go unnoticed!
      - sytse 11y ago
        Thanks, glad to hear that. We're doing everything we can to keep and improve upon that culture. Being remote first and having a public issue tracker certainly helps, less difference between a comment of a co-worker and of a user.

fsiefken 11y ago

Hi Job, does this mean it is also faster in low memory environments like 512M? ToDo integration is a great feature!

sytse 11y ago
No, unfortunately not. We recommend 2GB of memory to run GitLab https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/install/requirements.md#cpu https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/inst... If 512MB is a requirement for you please consider using Gogs. Glad you like the Todos feature!
- tshannon 11y ago
  I just wanted to say how awesome it is that you mention Gogs, a competing platform. It shows that you're focused on your domain, not closed-mindly discounting every competitor, and are open about any shortcomings in Gitlab.
  - sdesol 11y ago
    It also makes sense from a business point of view. The three strong points that I've taken from business school are: 1) You can overtake an incumbent if you can offer twice the value at half the price. If you can produce a drill that works two times better than existing drills at half the price, you'll overtake the drill market. 2) You can't compete with "as good as". Winning here is more marketing than anything and this is where companies like Apple and Coco-Cola shine. You can't beat Coke with point one, since it is impossible to produce something that is better than Coke. You can measure the performance differences between drills, but you can't measure the psychological value of Coke and Apple 3) You can't compete by price, unless you are dealing with a commodity product, which brings me to my point for posting. Turning "Git hosting" into a commodity product is not a bad situation for GitLab and I honestly think this is where it's heading. In a year or two, we'll probably see less tangible/understood things become the main selling point. Such as intelligent code reviews, better code management metrics, defect predictions and so forth. Edit: Forgot to mention that point 3 is also where Atlassian deserves a lot of credit. They are leveraging point 3 and trying to parlay it into point 1.

eadz 11y ago

Pages are an EE feature, but one which is useful for open source projects. Would you accept a pull request for a community implementation of Pages? or would a fork be needed in this case? How do you see this sort of issue playing out?

ywecur 11y ago
This is a very good question and something I'm always concerned about when it comes to open core products.
sytse 11y ago
Good question, how we deal with that is detailed on https://about.gitlab.com/about/#stewardship https://about.gitlab.com/about/#stewardship Please let me know if you have any questions.

dogweather 11y ago

Have you deployed it to gitlab.com?

sytse 11y ago
Not yet, from the OP: "For GitLab.com users: We plan to enable custom domains on GitLab.com in the following week, so stay tuned!"

orless 11y ago

Can it be that GitLab pages are down? I'm getting 503 at the moment: * http://gitlab-examples.gitlab.io/pages-plain-html http://gitlab-examples.gitlab.io/pages-plain-html * http://gitlab-examples.gitlab.io/pages-jekyll http://gitlab-examples.gitlab.io/pages-jekyll * http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://gitlab-examples.gitlab.io/pages-jekyll http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://gitlab-example...

sytse 11y ago
Sorry about that. There was a brief interruption to GitLab pages while we fixed a vulnerability. It is back now https://twitter.com/gitlabstatus/status/701897151790653440 https://twitter.com/gitlabstatus/status/701897151790653440

hinkley 11y ago

Is this release going to make any significant difference on the hosted projects? The last time I asked about Gitlab.com in a thread people mentioned that it's not more popular due to performance issues.

sytse 11y ago
Yep, so that is what we solved in this release. Title of the OP: "GitLab's fastest release ever". For more details see the announcement and https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/operations/issues/42 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/operations/issues/42