Re: GitLab CI setup file in scratch/tzz/gitlab

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden
> From: Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:37:20 +0300
> 
> On 27.04.2017 17:23, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > I actually meant the 'apt' commands.  It's true that some other
> > distributions besides Debian support that, but AFAIK they have their
> > own commands to the same effects.
> 
> Ubuntu also uses 'apt', and it's a popular choice for CI servers.
> 
> > OK, but why should the Emacs repository keep this file and maintain
> > it?
> 
> It's a common practice for the projects using Travis or GitLab CI.
> 
> > It looks simple enough for the interested users to have it on
> > their systems,
> 
> Would you ask all interested users to maintain their own configurations, 
> or even installations, of Hydra as well?
> 
> It sounds silly. We should have an accessible, friendly CI instance for 
> all our users.

I don't understand this attack.  We didn't yet decide that this site
will be our CI site.  Until we do, why should we function as someone
else's repository??