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A self-hosted Gitlab instance would make the most sense, IMO.

by tpush 5y ago

absove 5y ago
The European institutions run the Atlassian suite internally so if they self-host anything, which they most likely will, it will be Bitbucket because that's what their IT is experienced with.
- nix23 5y ago
  That's explains the sluggishness...thanks for the insight ;)
MayeulC 5y ago
Well, given the resource requirements to host GitLab and the number of potential visitors, I think this is unlikely. Moreover, I wouldn't be surprised if they just opened the code, not the development process. And old, frozen projects with no contributing directions are most likely what we'll get at first. However, hosting OSS code like this is a public service. It would be nice to see the EU commission competing against GitHub for Open Source hosting, but that's probably a pipe dream for now. The really promising part is what this will enable going forward: > The dissemination of software under an open source licence will no longer require a Commission Decision. > The Commission now allows its software developers to contribute to open source projects with improvements that they developed as part of their work. So it might become at the team's discretion. The code will probably end up being developed on GitHub or somewhere else, with a mirror of sorts on the EU commission's "repository" website.
- jaywalk 5y ago
  > It would be nice to see the EU commission competing against GitHub for Open Source hosting Why would you want them to get into that? It doesn't seem like it's something appropriate for a government to get into.
  - zdkl 5y ago
    While 'competing' may not be a good word for it, there's an argument to be made that some software belongs in the commons. This sort of signature/certificate infrastructure is a good example. So why not have it hosted by a public entity? Maybe entrust a couple large libraries with operating and cross-mirroring repositories?
smarx007 5y ago
There a large popular Gitlab instance in Europe already but ofc EC is free to host its own: https://framagit.org/ https://framagit.org/
rapnie 5y ago
Existing Gitea instance for FOSS-only is a nice option. Codeberg is hosted in Germany and contributes to the wholly community-driven Gitea project: https://codeberg.org https://codeberg.org

A self-hosted Gitlab instance would make the most sense, IMO.

by tpush 5y ago

A self-hosted Gitlab instance would make the most sense, IMO.

The European institutions run the Atlassian suite internally so if they self-host anything, which they most likely will, it will be Bitbucket because that's what their IT is experienced with.

nix23 5y ago
That's explains the sluggishness...thanks for the insight ;)

MayeulC 5y ago

Well, given the resource requirements to host GitLab and the number of potential visitors, I think this is unlikely. Moreover, I wouldn't be surprised if they just opened the code, not the development process. And old, frozen projects with no contributing directions are most likely what we'll get at first. However, hosting OSS code like this is a public service. It would be nice to see the EU commission competing against GitHub for Open Source hosting, but that's probably a pipe dream for now. The really promising part is what this will enable going forward: > The dissemination of software under an open source licence will no longer require a Commission Decision. > The Commission now allows its software developers to contribute to open source projects with improvements that they developed as part of their work. So it might become at the team's discretion. The code will probably end up being developed on GitHub or somewhere else, with a mirror of sorts on the EU commission's "repository" website.

jaywalk 5y ago
> It would be nice to see the EU commission competing against GitHub for Open Source hosting Why would you want them to get into that? It doesn't seem like it's something appropriate for a government to get into.
- zdkl 5y ago
  While 'competing' may not be a good word for it, there's an argument to be made that some software belongs in the commons. This sort of signature/certificate infrastructure is a good example. So why not have it hosted by a public entity? Maybe entrust a couple large libraries with operating and cross-mirroring repositories?

smarx007 5y ago

There a large popular Gitlab instance in Europe already but ofc EC is free to host its own: https://framagit.org/ https://framagit.org/

rapnie 5y ago

Existing Gitea instance for FOSS-only is a nice option. Codeberg is hosted in Germany and contributes to the wholly community-driven Gitea project: https://codeberg.org https://codeberg.org