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List:       kde-community
Subject:    Re: using gitlab ultimate
From:       Ben Bonacci <ben () benbonacci ! com>
Date:       2023-08-02 21:34:42
Message-ID: b326e669-103d-e2bd-1e65-9cbce653a2ef () benbonacci ! com
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I assumed this would only be available for projects on the official 
GitLab instance, but it appears to also be available for self hosted 
instances too if all the requirements are met.

https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/open-source/join/

Although KDE may qualify for it, if it means migrating from CE to EE 
(the non-free version of GitLab) then it would need to be considered if   
Ultimate's features are worth using the proprietary version of GitLab.

Personally, using EE to host free software doesn't seem right.


Regards,

Ben

On 3/8/23 00:40, Harald Sitter wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 4:35 PM <christoph@cullmann.io> wrote:
>> On 2023-08-02 16:26, Harald Sitter wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 4:23 PM Ingo Klöcker <kloecker@kde.org> wrote:
>>>> On Mittwoch, 2. August 2023 15:55:44 CEST Harald Sitter wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 3:48 PM Sune Vuorela <nospam@vuorela.dk> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2023-08-02, Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> I don't think so
>>>>>> As such, I have a hard time seeing that these mentioned features is
>>>>>> important enough to give in on what I feel are our principles of a
>>>>>> organization doing free software.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a hard time finding any featureset where it would be important
>>>>>> enough.
>>>>> It is my understanding that non-trivial amounts of time have been
>>>>> spent on making a CI dashboard that now nobody uses because it is
>>>>> defunct or some such. In essence we've wasted valuable free software
>>>>> time. That seems a pretty compelling reason in my book.
>>>> No, it's a pretty compelling reason to convince the GitLab folks to
>>>> make their
>>>> dashboard available to everyone.
>>> I'll not stop you :)
>>> Until that happens the argument stands.
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't think using commercial non-free solutions as the primary tool
>> for our development
>> is a good idea.
>>
>> Beside that, that is billed per user: https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/
>>
>> e.g. $1188 USD per year per non-guest user
>>
>> That looks like a lot money to pay given we have more than 10 users,
>> even if it
>> has less costs if you buy xxx accounts.
> It is my understanding that they are giving it away for free to free
> software projects.
>
> HS

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