On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 01:55:52PM +0000, Philip Wyett wrote: > On Tue, 2022-03-01 at 15:24 +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote: > > Hi Phil (and everyone) > > > > On 2022/03/01 15:10, Philip Wyett wrote: > > > Thank you for the terse response. The two examples i.e. micronews and the > > > infra list do not > > > sound > > > that this is scheduled work at all. Better communication from teams would > > > possibly give better > > > understanding and the patience of users/developers that is being asked > > > for. > > > > Our GitLab instance (Salsa), have fallen behind multiple versions. This > > is due to a bunch of different hurdles that all came with their own > > decisions (I'm going to urge the Salsa admins again to do a write-up > > about it). > > > > So what's happening now is point-to-point upgrades between all the > > GitLab versions needed on this upgrade path, along with the migrations > > between them (which are quite large, Salsa is one of the biggest GitLab > > instances out there). > > > > So while a huge amount of pent up maintenance is all happening at once > > now, at least regular updates (and security updates) will be able to run > > again on short cycles. > > > > (I hope salsa admins don't mind me posting this, but I hope it helps all > > our contributors better understand what's going on). > > > > On a practical note, please take note of any uploads you do during this > > downtime, and be sure to do a git push along with the tags when Salsa is > > back up again. > > > > -Jonathan > > > > Hi Jonathan, > > Many thanks for the update. I hope work progresses well and salsa is > available again soon post the > work that needs to be performed. > > Regards > > Phil >
Yes, salsa is back. https://micronews.debian.org/2022/1646175793.html
