(As i only got the digest, not the mail itself?) > On Mon Sep 16, 2024 at 1:11 PM BST, Wim Bertels wrote: > > as software is continuously being developed, > > it seems logical that there are packages to use in debian for this > > purpose; ie project management (eg tickets, wiki, ..) and version > > control (eg git). Ideally, these packages should be dist- upgradable, as > > Debian is known for it's stability (eg Debian 11 > Debian 12) > > Do you wish for one package to do all of these jobs, or would separate > packages, each addressing a particular facet, be acceptable?
yes that would be acceptable, given there is reasonable installation guide (debian-wiki, usr/share/doc, ..) on how to combine and setup these packages > > > * Gitea or Forgejo: incomplete? > > Gitea has never made it to a Debian stable release. Like most of these > large-ish web applications, with a lot of moving parts and dependencies, > they're ill-suited to Debian's packaging and release model. ok, i understand, i would be nice though to have something like forgejo > > > * others? > > For bugs alone, Debian's own bug system debbugs is packaged. > > > -- > Please do not CC me for listmail. > > 👱🏻 Jonathan Dowland thanks for the feedback, Wim ps: i had been using redmine (debian, postgres) for more than 10 years with dist-upgrades, which did the job well (with some quirks for git and automatic repo creation to setup), so i was surprised to see it disappear (i had to install a few gems that where not packaged though)
