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I fear most core features are done - the basics (CI, issues, merges) work very nicely, even though a bit spartan at some points, but it's not enough for Gitlab'

I fear most core features are done - the basics (CI, issues, merges) work very nicely, even though a bit spartan at some points, but it's not enough for Gitlab's sales to be where it needs to be. So to me it feels like Gitlab is now look for a problem to solve, which actually makes the product more confusing and less compelling unless you buy into their whole story I wouldn't be surprised if at some point something like Gitea (no personal experience with it) will close the gap sufficiently for a lot of users to switch there, especially as the gitlab upgrade cycle becomes more tiring without seeming to add anything of real value (I know I'm just a freeloader with gitlab CE, but at this point the only reason to upgrade is the monthly security vulnerability, and I just pray it hits sufficiently far away from the 22nd of the month that all the update bugs have been ironed out again)

donmcronald 5y ago
I switched to Gitea a year or two ago. GitLab was getting too heavy for me. I felt like I was building development process instead of software. Gitea gets out of the way and I don’t miss any features. Gitea just added push mirroring, so my favorite new thing is to develop via Gitea and push to GitHub for actions or things like Cloudflare pages deployment. I pledge / donate to bounties for Gitea with the Starter $ I was willing to give GitLab.
sdesol 5y ago
> I wouldn't be surprised if at some point something like Gitea (no personal experience with it) will close the gap sufficiently for a lot of users to switch there Gitea is a weird one for me and I've been studying the Git code hosting space for probably a decade now. In the last year, they have what appears to be 7 core contributors: https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?p=impact&q=commit-changes%3A%3C50%2Bwindow%3A365&r=github%3Ago-gitea%2Fgitea&v=repo https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?p=impa... where 4 must be working on this full-time or doing a lot of extra work outside of their day to day job. Gitea appears to be funded by opensource contributions https://opencollective.com/gitea https://opencollective.com/gitea but the amount there doesn't seem like it would be enough to really push development forward fast enough to become a serious alternative for enterprise. Gitea though, is significantly more active than Gogs, which it forked from: https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?p=impact&q=commit-changes%3A%3C50%2Bwindow%3A365&r=github%3Agogs%2Fgogs&v=repo https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?p=impa... which is very much a one person operation for the most part. Disclaimer: I'm the creator of the tool that is being linked
- Terretta 5y ago
  A Disclosure provides a reader all necessary and relevant information regarding a purchase or promotion so they can make a well-informed decision. It’s “the fine print.” A Disclaimer is a statement to limit your liability; that denies something, especially responsibility. It’s your “hold me harmless” blanket statement. --- Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. Disclosure: The above quotes are from http://ajfeuerman.com/disclaimer-vs-disclosure/ http://ajfeuerman.com/disclaimer-vs-disclosure/
  - sdesol 5y ago
    Thanks for the clarification!
merb 5y ago
> I fear most core features are done - the basics (CI, issues, merges) work very nicely well they should make their review stuff better. sorry but if my merge request has too many changed lines, it basically just does not show all files, not even in their vscode plugin, which is so stupid. it's cheaper to use gitlab free and put upsource behind it, if your dealing with large mr's... I'm not so sure anymore. if their ci wouldn't be so good, i would've already used gitea. but gitea+drone is way worse.

donmcronald 5y ago

I switched to Gitea a year or two ago. GitLab was getting too heavy for me. I felt like I was building development process instead of software. Gitea gets out of the way and I don’t miss any features. Gitea just added push mirroring, so my favorite new thing is to develop via Gitea and push to GitHub for actions or things like Cloudflare pages deployment. I pledge / donate to bounties for Gitea with the Starter $ I was willing to give GitLab.

sdesol 5y ago

> I wouldn't be surprised if at some point something like Gitea (no personal experience with it) will close the gap sufficiently for a lot of users to switch there Gitea is a weird one for me and I've been studying the Git code hosting space for probably a decade now. In the last year, they have what appears to be 7 core contributors: https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?p=impact&q=commit-changes%3A%3C50%2Bwindow%3A365&r=github%3Ago-gitea%2Fgitea&v=repo https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?p=impa... where 4 must be working on this full-time or doing a lot of extra work outside of their day to day job. Gitea appears to be funded by opensource contributions https://opencollective.com/gitea https://opencollective.com/gitea but the amount there doesn't seem like it would be enough to really push development forward fast enough to become a serious alternative for enterprise. Gitea though, is significantly more active than Gogs, which it forked from: https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?p=impact&q=commit-changes%3A%3C50%2Bwindow%3A365&r=github%3Agogs%2Fgogs&v=repo https://public-001.gitsense.com/insights/github/repos?p=impa... which is very much a one person operation for the most part. Disclaimer: I'm the creator of the tool that is being linked

Terretta 5y ago
A Disclosure provides a reader all necessary and relevant information regarding a purchase or promotion so they can make a well-informed decision. It’s “the fine print.” A Disclaimer is a statement to limit your liability; that denies something, especially responsibility. It’s your “hold me harmless” blanket statement. --- Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. Disclosure: The above quotes are from http://ajfeuerman.com/disclaimer-vs-disclosure/ http://ajfeuerman.com/disclaimer-vs-disclosure/
- sdesol 5y ago
  Thanks for the clarification!

merb 5y ago

> I fear most core features are done - the basics (CI, issues, merges) work very nicely well they should make their review stuff better. sorry but if my merge request has too many changed lines, it basically just does not show all files, not even in their vscode plugin, which is so stupid. it's cheaper to use gitlab free and put upsource behind it, if your dealing with large mr's... I'm not so sure anymore. if their ci wouldn't be so good, i would've already used gitea. but gitea+drone is way worse.