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With this change, the 5 user limit[1], and original intent to delete dormant repositories[2][3], it seems as though GitLab is no longer able to support the free
by nabakin 4y ago
With this change, the 5 user limit[1], and original intent to delete dormant repositories[2][3], it seems as though GitLab is no longer able to support the free side of its business. GitLab has been touted as more OSS-friendly than GitHub, but a large part of the OSS ecosystem depends on free repositories. With these changes and this trajectory, I can't see myself putting another OSS project on GitLab.
It's a shame it's come to this, but I'm confident GitLab didn't make this choice lightly. It must be done in order for them to stay afloat.
Thank you GitLab team for your efforts. I hope you guys are successful in your future endeavors.
[1] https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2022/03/24/efficient-free-tier/ https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2022/03/24/efficient-free-tier...
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/04/gitlab_data_retention_policy/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/04/gitlab_data_retention...
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/gitlab_reverses_deletion_policy/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/gitlab_reverses_delet...
- DoesntMatter22 4y agoI think a lot of the problem is how they communicated it. It isn't like "Well hey we have a problem here", it's just "Hey here's this super complicated to this problem you didn't know existed and you can take it or leave it"