[tor-project] Follow up Gitlab next steps (Re: update on ticket system discussion)

[Gaba]

El 9/7/19 a las 3:28 PM, Damian Johnson escribió:
> Hi Gaba, would you mind adding a section that discusses 'Gitlab vs
> Github'? I realize some folks feel self-hosting is a must, but I value
> other equities more (like prevalence within the wider open source
> community and migration redirects).

Hi!

I added a section to compare with other platforms like Github. Do you
mind look at it and fill in what you think is comparable?


> 
> Ooni chose GitHub [1] and the Network Team has partially migrated in
> that direction as well [2]. I'd like to give Gitlab a fair shake, but
> I'm not spotting where within the planning doc we persuasively pitch
> for Gitlab over its alternatives (and by extension why my subprojects
> shouldn't follow Ooni and the Network Team's lead as trac is
> decommissioned).
> 
> Thanks! -Damian
> 
> [1] https://ooni.torproject.org/get-involved/
> [2] https://github.com/torproject
> 
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 1:52 PM Gaba <gaba at torproject.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>>
>> With Pili we have been working on this document to compare features
>> between trac and gitlab as well as proposal for a structure and
>> workflows. Please take a look and send
>> comments/feedback/edits/adds/questions.
>>
>> https://nc.riseup.net/s/SnQy3yMJewRBwA7
>>
>> It seems that the next step will be to get together between everybody
>> interested in this transition (or in not doing it) and discuss this plan
>> as well as how to move forward.
>>
>> We are going to meet on
>>
>> September 17th, at 18UTC in #tor-meeting
>>
>> Please, send me, pili or to the mailing list any comment if you can not
>> make it to the meeting.
>>
>> cheers,
>> gaba
>>
>>
>> El 7/29/19 a las 8:07 AM, Gaba escribió:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> There has been some discussion in the 'corridors' of Tor and in the last
>>> meeting face to face during the session on 'internal tooling' and
>>> specifically about tickets system. I'm sending this mail to try to
>>> summarize what the discussion has been until now, make it transparent
>>> and try to get an agreement on how to move forward.
>>>
>>>
>>> Problem:
>>> - Trac software is not being mantained (from our perspective of users of
>>> Trac this is a bomb getting ready to explode) [0]
>>>
>>>
>>> Solution
>>> - Move out into a better (possible feature parity with what we use now
>>> AND integration between project management tool and tickets) and
>>> mantained ticketing system.
>>>
>>>
>>> Discussion until now
>>> - A few years ago there was a survey [1] on which features people would
>>> like to see in a new ticketing system.
>>> - There is a ticket [2] that has a discussion on features needed and a
>>> document [3] that brainstorm features between trac and gitlab.
>>> - The last meeting in Stockholm there has been several discussions on
>>> what is needed. [4]
>>> - In 2017 Hiro and the network team experimented with the oniongit.eu
>>> Gitlab instance.
>>> - In 2019, a test instance was setup, called "dip.torproject.org"[5],
>>> that a few projects are using right now to test its use.
>>>
>>>
>>> We are mostly considering Gitlab (until now) because:
>>> 1. We can host it ourselves and not have other company control the data.
>>> 2. It is open source [6].
>>> 3. It is mantained [7].
>>> 4. It supports the project management tool that we are interested in.
>>>
>>>
>>> Before moving forward we need:
>>> 1. Consensus or a clear compromise on what to move into.
>>> 2. A plan on how the migration to a new ticketing system will happen. I
>>> started drafting it here (thinking that Gitlab would be the new one)
>>> [8]. This plan is still a work in progress and we will continue doing it
>>> when we all agree on which system to move into.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> gaba
>>>
>>> [0] https://trac.edgewall.org/roadmap
>>> [1]
>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V4Faq2y9vv8XTp-OADl4YRMTiRB0G9DHvj23NRpwzcc/edit#gid=0
>>> [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/30857
>>> [3] https://nc.riseup.net/s/TYX37BDT4eQfTiW
>>> [4]
>>> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2019Stockholm/Notes/InternalTooling
>>> [5] https://dip.torproject.org
>>> [6] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org
>>> [7] https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/roadmap?layout=MONTHS
>>> [8] https://nc.riseup.net/s/SnQy3yMJewRBwA7
>>>
>>
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