[Libosinfo] Moving GIT repo to gitlab.com

[Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)]

Hi Daniel,

Yeah, I have no objections on moving to gitlab.

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Currently the libosinfo master git repository is on the Fedora hosted
> git server. As we split out the core database and tools from the GObject
> base library we're going to need to create new git repos. While I could
> do so on Fedora, it is rather tedious because it is not self-service,
> it requires opening tickets with Fedora infra.  Fedora git has also
> tended to be rather lacking performance when pushing/pulling git over
> the years, and shows no signs of improving.
>
> The primary reason why I chose Fedora hosted originally was to be running
> the project on open source infrastrcture. That goal still applies, so I'm
> not interested in moving to github.com, no matter how shiny it currently
> is [1].
>
> I think that gitlab.com is a reasonable destination though. It is based
> on open source software and offers the same ease of use as github does
> with fully self-service API for managing project membership & git repos
>
> So I'm suggesting we immediately migrate to gitlab.com. Assuming that's
> fine with current committers, I'll setup the project org & import hte
> git repo. Each committer would just have to create themselves a login
> account so I can add them.
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
> [1] Back in the day sourceforge was just as shiny & attractive to every
>     open source project, and that didn't turn out so well in the long
>     term when then needed to monetize their investment.
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Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
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