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Subject: Re: [Tails-project] Proposal: our own GitLab instance, sysadmin'ed by immerda.ch
Really, it should also be mirrored and managed at the optimom level of
security.
In an onion based repo, DarkGit for example;
http://darkgitxbwocfbkcldgonq5wr73ezls2n763ircdqfozc6rvjcgi76yd.onion/
On Fri, December 13, 2019 12:13, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> moire:
>
>> I don't know how much work it requires to administrate a gitlab
>> instance.
>
> This is a good point. I can't quantify this either at the moment.
>
>
> I'm told that dealing with spam is the biggest problem. So in my
> understanding, how much work it takes depends mostly on how open we want
> our GitLab to be — which directly impacts, for example, new contributors'
> experience. Therefore, if we're admins on our own GitLab:
>
>
> - We get to choose which set of trade-offs we want and can afford.
>
>
> - We can move this cursor in the future as needed/desired.
>
>
> And if we pick an option that requires us to do this work, IMO we
> should be prepared to iterate on whatever set of trade-offs we'll initially
> make: we would be utterly lucky if we got it all perfect on
> first try, with no comparable past experience to learn from; I'd rather not
> see us count on having this much luck.
>
> If we're not admins, then:
>
>
> - In some cases, we don't have to do this work, which is nice; unless
> we discover later that actually we have to.
>
> - We have less decision making power on this set of trade-offs and
> may have to live with decisions we're not entirely happy with.
>
> Cheers,
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