Re: debbugs tracker builds character

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:38:09 -0400 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote: 

SM> So, we could start by setting up a Gitlab or Kallithea instance for
SM> Emacs and use it for pull-requests, while we keep using Debbugs for
SM> issue tracking.

SM> This lets us move forward on the pull-request and code-review front
SM> without having to solve the "issue" of switching to another bug-tracker.

Works for me. We'll try it out for a few contributions (so Eli and
others can get a feel for it), then make it the recommended way to
submit patches.

If that works well, we can consider using it for bug tracking as well.

On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:58:40 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote: 

>> From: Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden>
>> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:17:03 -0400
>> 
>> The license is the first issue, before we do that work. Gitlab is not
>> GPL: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/LICENSE

EZ> That question is not for me to answer.

On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:41:15 +0200 David Engster <address@hidden> wrote: 

DE> According to the "GNU ethical repository criteria" GitLab currently has
DE> grade C, meaning "Acceptable hosting for a GNU package", and is actually
DE> pretty close to grade B ("Good enough to recommend"). See

DE> https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html

Eli and John, I'm happy to wait for a decision as long as someone is
making it eventually. I think the Emacs maintainers are the right people
to communicate the decision back to the developers.

Stefan brought up Kallithea https://kallithea-scm.org/ as an alternative
to Gitlab. It's much less mature but GPLv3. We can try both side by side.

Ted