Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:39:22 -0400 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: Peter Boosten <freebsd@boosten.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Technological advantages over Linux Message-ID: <D738F299-A877-43E8-8EE7-D8CE2A4F89A5@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <8865087C-275F-4671-AA6B-3792CB983089@boosten.org> References: <mailman.13820.1595588762.4503.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <19D548D4-BD63-4AF3-A92E-2D8F1A10F984@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <8865087C-275F-4671-AA6B-3792CB983089@boosten.org>
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On Jul 24, 2020, at 1:55 PM, freebsd@boosten.org wrote: >> >> >> Are you running the "Omnibus" edition of GitLab under Linux? > > Nope, just a plain ‘apt install gitlab-ce’ and ‘apt upgrade’ does the trick. I guess what I was trying unsuccessfully to say is that GitLab is probably a bad example as the standard/recommended install under Linux is the Omnibus edition (which has its own Chef recipes doing the heavy lifting w.r.t. application upgrades) whereas the FreeBSD version is what GitLab terms a "source" installation (requiring post-upgrade manual configuration). If you are using the official GitLab package from GitLab Inc. then you are almost certainly using their Omnibus edition. I had a quick look and couldn't find an official Debian GitLab CE package. I found one in the Debian Sid contrib repository. A more apples-to-apples comparison with FreeBSD's pkg would probably be to install upgrade that one. TL;DR: The ease-of-use is due to GitLab's packaging in this case, not from Apt itself. Cheers, Paul. PS: I used to run GitLab CE under Raspbian on a Raspberry Pi quite a while ago, but eventually switched to the FreeBSD version because GitLab's resource needs came to exceed that which could be provided by the Raspberry Pi. I have to admit the install/upgrade experience of the Omnibus edition under Raspbian was sweeeeet.
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